Basically this starts with Mary Pat Bonner of the Bonner Group. They were a bundler of sorts that matched wealthy donors with liberal PAC's and campaigns. They basically disbanded when the NYT ran a story that Mary Pat was getting ridiculous fees from these donations for herself. This is recounted in the Politico story linked here:
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/david-brock-resigns-priorities-usa-action-115028.htmlMary Pat and a woman name Beth Eagle coordinated conference calls between a number of players both from PAC's and the Clinton '08 campaign. A review of the names:
Rob McKay - Taco Bell heir, McKay Foundation and of Democracy Alliance
Anna Burger - SEIU and Democracy Alliance
Martin Frost - former Congressman and Clinton ally
John Podesta - Clinton admin
Paul Begala - Clinton admin
Tom Mattzie - Moveon.org and now Huffington Post
David Brock - Former right wing journalist who went left, board of USA Action, a liberal PAC that supported Hillary.
The email links are as follows:
The first is a meeting on 11-27-07 that outlines the format and presenters:
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/7960They list current commitments and their sources:
Current Commitments and Cash Flow
Soros: $5M to $10M -- Prepared to move $2.5M in the next 2 weeks Lewis: $5M -- Prepared to move $5M by January 15 directly to field groups Bing: $5M to $10M -- Prepared to move $5M in the next few weeks SEIU: $5M to $10M -- Determining where they are putting that $$ Abraham: $1M -- How soon can we ask him to move this money Sillerman: $1M -- Will move at least 1/2 before the end of the year Tsakapolis: $1M -- Will move part now Buell: $1M likely -- We need to determine in this first phase which groups count and for how much. I need us to establish goals and cash deadlines in order to do cash flow projections.This was a meeting right after the Feb 5 Super Tuesday primaries.
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/26417https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/28305 Note this email from Tom Mattzie of Moveon:
From: Tom Matzzie [mailto:tom@zzranch.com]
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 2:31 PM
To: Paul Begala; susan@one.org; John Podesta; Zach Schwartz;
tmatzzie@gmail.com; Mary Pat Bonner
Cc: Ryan Duncan
Subject: Re: Fundraising Strategy
Yes. Post Feb 5 is a different environment. Time to raise the alarm. Ryan, I've copied you here to set this up. Mary Pat, Steve, John, Susan and Paul.
An indirect reference to fundraising for Hillary.
Another describes hit ads on McCain:
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/15590These fundraising meetings seem to have gone on after Hillary was defeated, but I can see no connection to Obama. Many more names involved here. Here is a relevant email though:
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/36758Possibly more to be dug out there. Search 'Beth Eagle funding' for more emails.