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Article: Better Get A Better Vetter.(Periscope; Politics)(Jim Johnson)
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- Newsweek
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- June 23, 2008
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Byline: Mark Hosenball
When Barack Obama enlisted Washington insider Jim Johnson to vet potential running mates, the last thing his campaign expected was that Johnson himself would become an embarrassment. A former aide to Vice President Walter Mondale, Johnson has since had a lucrative business career that involved him, at least on the margins, in controversies over excessive executive pay and subprime loans. But according to a top Obama adviser, who asked for anonymity when discussing political deliberations, the campaign tried to turn a blind eye to potential Johnson controversies arising from his private business activities. Johnson's veep-vetting credentials: he had ...
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