A growing gripe among Obama donors: not enough perks

Some of President Obama's wealthiest supporters are becoming a bit whiny, and it has nothing to do with policy.

Tickets for tours of the presidential residence are scarce, even for those who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for last year's campaign. Private fundraisers tend to be brief, businesslike affairs. And there have been no sleepovers in the Lincoln Bedroom, weekends at Camp David or intimate lunches with the first couple.

Nearly a year into his presidency, that pattern has led some top Democratic donors across the country to grumble that they aren't getting the kind of personal attention from Obama and special access to the White House that they became used to during the eight years of the Bill Clinton presidency.

"I've had almost no communication with the White House," said Chris Korge, a top Hillary Clinton supporter from Miami who later collected $5.5 million for Obama, making him one of the president's biggest fundraisers.

Korge said his only visit to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. was a St. Patrick's Day event, and he complained in a recent interview that the administration has done little to reward the president's donors or tap into their experience and wisdom.

Welcome to the world of being used abused and misused by Obama and not getting what you expected. I see there are a lot of disenchanted democrats who feel the same way for good reason .. how's that hope and change working out for ya? ~~ The Munz