Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Obama asks Corzine to fundraise from bankers

See it on TV? Check here.New Jersey Senate President Richard J. Codey, right, D-West Orange and Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts Jr., D-Camden, listen as then Gov. Jon S. Corzine, center, delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the Assembly and Senate in the Assembly chambers of the Statehouse Tuesday Jan. 13, 2009, in Trenton, N.J. New Jersey Senate President Richard J. Codey, right, D-West Orange and Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts Jr., D-Camden, listen as then Gov. Jon S. Corzine, center, delivers his State of the State address to a joint session of the Assembly and Senate in the Assembly chambers of the Statehouse Tuesday Jan. 13, 2009, in Trenton, N.J. ((AP Photo/Mel Evans))

  Eyewitness NewsWASHINGTON (WABC) -- President Barack Obama has asked former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine to raise re-election funds from the banking industry.

It's a tall order, since banks are furious over the new financial regulations.

According to The New York Post, Corzine has been working on Obama's 2012 campaign for months. (Copyright ©2011 WABC-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.)
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