He’s belittled Washington’s ways during his campaign to beat long-serving Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts, but independent Greg Orman will look like a card-carrying member of the club when he travels to Boston this month for a fundraiser hosted by a former congressman run out of town for bouncing checks.
Former Democratic Rep. Chester Atkins and his wife, terrorism expert Jessica Stern, are hosting the Oct. 22 “Boston Dinner Benefit” at their Cambridge, Mass., home.
The invitation reads:
There is a $2,600 cap on contributions, the invitation added.
A co-host, Bob Glovsky, was appointed by President Obama earlier this year to the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans.
Atkins was tied to the House check-kiting scandal and lost to another Democrat in 1992.
Orman has been evasive in his campaign, not even saying which party he would caucus with, though his fundraising with Democrats is likely a good sign he will team with them if elected.
“It just seems remarkable that Orman purports to talk about how Washington is broken and yet he’s raising money with Atkins in Massachusetts just days before the election,” said an Orman critic.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
