Barack Obama ended his campaign with cash leftovers, and he’s letting staffers keep it.
Campaign helpers who worked hard to put Obama in the White House will be getting extra paychecks worth a month’s salary, reported NY Daily News. Additionally, they’ll have the option of keeping their computers and Blackberrys. This is atypical for political campaigns, whose funds are classically sucked dry by the end of an election.
“It was totally unexpected, and you can’t believe how helpful this is with the holidays coming,” a lower-level worker said. “A lot of people thought they were going to be broke and would have to try to find a job in this rotten economy. It’s a huge help.”
According to another Obama staffer, it is common to wait months before you see your last check, let alone a bonus. “I’m not sure this has ever been done before. Definitely not that I’ve seen.”
“They certainly didn’t pay bonuses in the McCain campaign,” said one ex-McCain staffer.
