Charlie Savage is best known for his painstaking research into George W. Bush's signing statements when he worked for the Boston Globe. Now he works for the Times and has turned his attention to the donors to Bill Clinton's foundation and has uncovered some Clinton dirty business. The Clintons have worked out a profitable modus operandi. Their mutual backscratch was in Obama's mind as he considered Hillary's ascension to Secretary of State. Perhaps he didn't have this nugget of news.
"An upstate New York developer donated $100,000 to former President Bill Clinton’s foundation in November 2004, around the same time that Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton helped secure millions of dollars in federal assistance for the businessman’s mall project."
The developer, Robert J. Congel, has also been a Bush "Ranger, " and a steady contributor to Republican candidates. The Syracuse, NY, mall project Hillary Clinton dug up millions in government support for has since been labeled a "boondoggle."
