Romney Gives Donors Added Access

Publication: Wall Street Journal

SARA MURRAY AND NEIL KING JR.
June 21, 2012

The Romney campaign declined to comment about the weekend events. It also has declined to disclose the names of its top bundlers, the people who gather contributions from a network of friends, business partners and associates—a stance that already is drawing criticism. "When candidates for any office go into a private, secret meeting, it raises a whole host of questions usually having to do with money and politics," said Ellen Miller, co-founder of the Sunlight Foundation, which advocates for transparency in politics. "Bundlers have far more sway over a candidate than individual people who give money do."