Barack Obama has long decried the corrupting influence of money in politics. As a candidate, he ran against lobbyists and the pay-for-play culture of Washington. As president, he has continued to hammer the theme, most recently in his impassioned attacks on the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v Federal Election Commission.

Given this, it’s a little surprising to learn that Obama has not only embraced the sordid money-driven culture of DC, but actually outdone his predecessors. An analysis by the American Foreign Service Association [1], for example, found that Obama has stuffed the diplomatic corps with more political appointees (i.e., cronies) than any president in the past 40 years. Only a year into the administration, close of half of the president’s biggest donors already have federal jobs.

Below is a list of Obama campaign bundlers and the taxpayer-funded positions they’ve received:

The Big Changers’ Club ($500,000+)

Avant, Nicole (Los Angeles, CA)
Position: Ambassador to the Bahamas
Barzun, Matthew (Louisville, KY)
Position: Ambassador to Sweden
Beyer, Don (Alexandria, VA)
Position: Nominated to Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Bleich, Jeff (Piedmont, CA)
Position: Ambassador to Australia
Danzig, Richard (Washington, DC)
Position: Member, Defense Policy Board
Donahoe, Eileen Chamberlain (Washington, DC)
Position: Nominated to Ambassador to UN Human Rights Council
Eacho, William (Bethesda, MD)
Position: Ambassador to Austria
Forester, Christine (San Diego, CA)
Position: Member, Presidential Committee on the Arts and Humanities
Genachowski, Julius (Washington, DC)
Position: FCC Chairman
Gips, Don (Boulder, CO)
Position: Ambassador to South Africa
Gutman, Howard (Washington, DC)
Position: Ambassador to Belgium
Harris, Scott (Washington, DC)
Position: General Counsel, Department of Energy
Katz, Allan (Tallahassee, FL)
Position: Nominated to Ambassador to Portugal
Kennard, William (Washington, DC)
Position: Ambassador to the European Union
Oreck, Bruce (Boulder, CO)
Position: Nominated to Ambassador to Finland
Overton, Spencer (Chevy Chase, MD)
Position: Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Policy
Perrelli, Tom (Arlington, VA)
Position: Assistant Attorney General
Rivkin, Charlie (Los Angeles, CA)
Position: Ambassador to France and Monaco
Roos, John (Hillsborough, CA)
Position: Ambassador to Japan
Sanchez, Frank (Tampa, FL)
Position: Undersecretary of International Trade
Solomont, Alan (Boston, MA)
Position: Ambassador to Spain
Spinner, Steve (Menlo Park, CA)
Position: Loan Programs Advisor, Department of Energy
Stroum, Cynthia (Seattle, WA)
Position: Ambassador to Luxembourg

West, Tony (Oakland, CA)
Position: Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division

The Yes We Can Crew ($200,000+)

Arriola, Ricky (Miami, FL)
Position: Member, Presidential Committee on the Arts and Humanities
Chun, Marisa (San Francisco, CA)
Position: Deputy Associate Attorney General
Cohen, Dick (Minneapolis, MN)
Position: Member, Presidential Committee on the Arts and Humanities
Craig, Greg (Washington, DC)
Position: Former White House Counsel
Eisen, Norm (Washington, DC)
Position: Special Counsel to the President for Ethics and Government Reform
Froman, Michael (New York, NY)
Position: Deputy National Security Advisor for International and Economic Affairs
Holtzmann, Max (Miami Beach, FL)
Position: Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Agriculture
Hudson, James (Washington, DC)
Position: Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Johnson, Jeh (Montclair, NJ)
Position: General Counsel, Department of Defense
Kaplan, Sam (Minneapolis, MN)
Position: Ambassador to Morocco
Lamb-Hale, Nicole (Detroit, MI)
Position: Deputy General Counsel, Department of Commerce
Levi, John (Chicago, IL)
Position: Board Member, Legal Services Corporation
Lion, Margo (New York, NY)
Position: Co-chair, Presidential Committee on the Arts and Humanities
Moelis, Cindy (Chicago, IL)
Position: Director, Commission on White House Fellows
Orrick, William (San Francisco, CA)
Position: Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General to the Civil Rights Division
Overmann, Lynn (Miami, FL)
Position: Senior Advisor, Office of the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs
Phillips, John (Washington, DC)
Position: Chairman, Commission on White House Fellowships
Rediker, Doug (Washington, DC)
Position: Nominated to Alternate Executive Director, IMF
Rivkin, Bob (Chicago, IL)
Position: General Counsel, Department of Transportation
Rogers, Desiree (Chicago, IL)
Position: White House Social Secretary
Sedgwick, Tod (Washington, DC)
Position: Ambassador to Slovakia
Stetson, Jane (Norwich, CT)
Position: DNC National Finance Chair
Susman, Lou (Chicago, IL)
Position: Ambassador to the Court of St. James (United Kingdom)
Sussman, Bob (Washington, DC)
Position: Senior Policy Counsel, Environmental Protection Agency
Tchen, Tina (Chicago, IL)
Position: White House Director for Public Engagement
Welters, Beatrice (McLean, VA)
Position: Nominated to Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago

White, Barry (Newton Centre, MA)
Position: Ambassador to Norway

Better Believe It Squad ($100,000 Club):

Adelman, David (Atlanta, GA)
Position: Nominated to Ambassador to Singapore
Bansal, Preeta (New York, NY)
Position: General Counsel, OMB
Fulton, Laurie (Alexandria, VA)
Position: Nominated to Ambassador to Denmark
Goldring, Fred (Los Angeles, CA)
Position: Member, Presidential Committee on the Arts and Humanities
Jarrett, Valerie (Chicago, IL)
Position: Senior advisor to the President
Jennings, Kevin (New York, NY)
Position: Assistant Deputy Secretary for the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
Lazarus, Eddie (Los Angeles, CA)
Position: FCC Chief of Staff
Sapiro, Miriam (Washington, DC)
Position: Deputy US Trade Representative
Schwartz, Eric (New York, NY)
Position: Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration
Thummalapally, Vinai (Colorado Springs, CO)
Position: Ambassador to Belize

Wise, Judy (Chicago, IL)
Position: Member, Commission on White House Fellowships

Team Hope ($50,000+):

Jacobson, David (Glencoe, IL)
Position: Ambassador to Canada
Kirk, Ron (Dallas, TX)
Position: US Trade Representative
Landesman, Rocco (New York, NY)
Position: Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts
Maxey, Ken (Los Angeles, CA)
Position: Deputy Political Director, DNC
Rice, Susan (Washington, DC)
Position: Ambassador to the United Nations
Salzman, Amelia (Bethesda, MD)
Position: Associate Director for Policy Outreach, Council on Environmental Quality
Yale, Matt (Chicago, IL)
Position: Deputy Chief of Staff, Secretary of Education