Axelrod benefits from ties to former company

The former company, of course, has ties to programs the administration is pushing. So, once again, we have government officials (like the cap and trade legislation) who serve to benefit from the very legislation they are trying to pass...legislation that will onerously tax the American people. Read about it at MMalkin:

White House flack Gibbs called any suggestion that Axelrod benefits from the relationship “ridiculous.” Retorted Gibbs: “David has left his firm to join public service.” So when Republicans trade power and access, Team Obama calls that being “in cahoots” with business. But when noble servants like Axelrod do it, it’s called “public service.”

What else is Axelrod keeping from full public view? AKPD is just one of his influence-peddling operations. Housed in the same office as AKPD is Axelrod’s secretive former p.r. shop, ASK Public Strategies. The firm also owes Axelrod money from a buy-out deal — five annual installments of $200,000 each. Axelrod has remained notoriously tight-lipped about ASK’s corporate business.