Azerbaijan: Plouffe’s Puff Visit · Global Voices
Onnik Krikorian

Jemal Public Affairs casts doubts over comments made by Obama campaign manager David Plouffe that he had no idea about the political allegiances of the organization that hosted him on his paid visit to Azerbaijan early this week. The blog says that it is hard to believe that “one of the brightest political and media strategists on earth was not aware that Washington lobbyists representing the authoritarian, oli-rich county of Azerbaijan had a hand in arranging his puff visit to Baku.”