HILLARY V. DEAN. Tom Edsall‘s got an excellent piece over at TNR on the

An apples-to-apples comparison would

$8,143,863
to QRS — laura quinn’s shop
FEC reports 2001-2004
plus another $1,195,505 to plusthree, which is co-owned by some QRS people i think
plus another couple of hundred grand on a QRS person fulltime inside
plus another hundred grand to have a “technology director” on staff —
THAT is the job ben has been doing there
on contract
setting up the department, hiring people, etc.
so ben’s contract shouldn’t even be counted as “outside” because he was replacing a salaried position on contract
the stuff that went to me was also a rate for a salaried position that has since been filled by a fulltime staffer
but that’s a new position that dean created (internet director)
but that’s a new position that dean created (internet director)
the stuff for me and ben was filling staff jobs on contract, and not even at a premium.