Obama's 'Donor Class' and Romney's Secret Bundlers The Obama administration, like its predecessors, has been far too generous to its "bundlers" - the fundraisers who solicit donations from their friends and colleagues and assemble them in a very green bouquet for the campaign. The bundlers expect something in return and they frequently get it, whether it is recognition, access to the White House, or government contracts. As Mike McIntire and Michael Luo of The Times reported in April, two-thirds of President Obama's top fund-raisers in 2008 have visited the White House, and not on the public tour. They were there to do business and twist a few arms. Four dozen bundlers were invited to a state dinner with the British prime minister, and two sat at the head table. The Center for Public Integrity found that about 200 Obama bundlers had won federal jobs or appointed posts, attended elite White House meetings, or won federal contracts. Two dozen became ambassadors. That's about the same as during the administration of George W. Bush, though over eight years. Now, to deflect attention from its troubles with Bain Capital, the Romney campaign is hyperventilating over that coziness, as if it is unprecedented. A new ad claims that Mr. Obama loves his "donor class" more than the middle class, and is showering them with favors. But how did the Romney campaign, and the reports it relied on, know who the Obama bundlers were? Because the Obama campaign disclosed them, though it is not required to do so. And that's something the Romney campaign has refused to do. In fact, Ed Gillespie, a senior adviser to the campaign, told reporters today that it has no plans to ever disclose those fund-raisers, just as it is stonewalling on a full release of Mr. Romney's tax returns. The stone wall encircles the whole party, apparently; Republican senators will also vote later today to filibuster the Disclose Act, which would require releasing the names of big donors to secretive political groups. It's not hard to guess why the bundlers will remain secret, since such a list would show just how dependent the Romney campaign is on the financial sector, which is not beloved among voters. USA Today recently pieced together a partial list of about 1,200 of those bundlers, showing that a quarter came from finance, and more than a dozen from Goldman Sachs alone. If you're bored with investment banking and want to be considered for Mr. Romney's ambassador to Luxembourg or Lichtenstein, better start bundling now. Favoritism is a bad business, a stain on every administration that has allowed money to dictate its decisions. But an ad like Mr. Romney's, encompassing hypocrisy, deceit and secrecy, may be even worse.