Jon Corzine? Who's Jon Corzine

While no one is looking, Obama returns Corzine's cash. Besides, Jon Corzine's gonna need the money more than Obama does.

President Obama's re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee have returned more than $70,000 in contributions from former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine following the collapse of MF Global, Corzine's financial firm, officials said Friday. 


Obama's campaign and the DNC returned contributions of $35,800 from Corzine and his wife, Sharon Elghanayan, said Democratic officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. They were not authorized to speak publicly. 

Corzine was among Obama's top fundraisers, raising at least $500,000 for Obama's re-election campaign since April, according to records released by the campaign. The former Goldman Sachs chief held a fundraiser for the president last April and was considered a main Obama emissary to Wall Street. 

One of the Democratic officials said the campaign and DNC would evaluate whether to return donations from other MF Global employees on a case-by-case basis. 

Friday night, already the designated safe time to reveal embarassing information. Plus Christmas weekend, because no one's paying attention to the news anyway.

He needn't have worried, the news media are playing dumb on this one already.