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Lot 31
Obama, Barack (1960 -) 44th President of the United States (2009 -) Heavily corrected Typed Manuscript for an op-ed piece which appeared in The Chicago Tribune May 21, 2007, 11 x 8½ in., two separate pages, n.p. The piece was titled "The problem with bundling money" in the newspaper. Containing some 110 words in President Obama's hand (he was a candidate at the time), most in pencil and some in red ink, as well as several penciled lines marking through words or entire sentences, and some lines noting where new thoughts should be inserted. In the top right corner, Obama wrote in red ink, "Latest draft."
The article begins, "When it come to reforming Washington and limiting the power of special interests, a man who died more than 60 years ago had exactly the right idea. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis said, Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman." [In this draft, Obama marked through "man who died more than 60 years ago had exactly the right idea" and after "Brandeis" wrote "had the right idea. Sixty years ago, he"]. In the third paragraph, Obama marked through "Today, powerful special intersts run Washington" and added "We have heard the stories of Delay, Abramoff and" before the next sentence, which states, "The Republican Party's infamous 'K Street Project' put lobbyists at the center of policymaking and political fundraising." After this sentence, Obama added, "But [he marked through his own words, "And we know that"] the dominance of special interests precedes this and extends well beyond these most eggregious [sic] examples." After "The drug and insurance industries alone have spent more than $1 billion on lobbying and campaign contributions in the last ten years. And, for the most part, they have achieved the results they wanted," Obama marked through "And" then marked that the "f" in "for" should be upper case, and marked through "have achieved the results they wanted," adding "For the most part, they got what they paid for--legislation that consistently titled [the misspelled word is marked throgh] tilted in their favor." He marked that a new paragraph should begin with "It's no wonder ['then' was added here] that last November ['last November' is marked through] Americans cast a strong vote for change."
In the fifth paragraph, which describes how bundling works, he inserts a comment which says in part, "Not all lobbyists are making contributions to influence policy. Many develop relationships w/legislators…because they believe they are the best cadidate [sic]." He notes that paragraphs six and seven are repetive and marks through all of paragraph seven. In this draft, paragraph eight begins, "That is why I proposed and the Senate passed legislation last year that would make lobbyists disclose how much they bundle and who they bundle it from." The first six words were deleted from the final version.
On page two, in the next to last paragraph, after the sentence, "I'm also reporting any bundled contributions that I receive," he adds, "I'm not perfect. In my current pres. campaign, I still have to raise money. I still have relationships w/lobbyists. But at least people know who those relationships are. Still need more far reaching cap ['cap' is marked through] public financing."
Obama's last sentence, which he crossed out in this draft, is not in the final version: "Transparency is the road to reform in Washington. Requiring the disclosure of bundled contributions from lobbyists can help lead the way." This is the only Obama edit that was in the final version. A few other words, not marked by Obama in this draft, were changed before the final version. Fine condition; hole punches in margin.
Estimated Value $6,000 - 8,000.
Ex Wendy Button, speechwriter for Barack Obama and Michelle Obama.
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