In 2001, she worked full time on Mr. Bloomberg's mayoral run, and received a post-election bonus of $100,000.
Politics being politics, there will be stuff about the Chancellor "giving away" a pre-election bonus – an infuriating phrase, since he is not giving away anything, merely taking a bit less.
Mr. Bloomberg handed out $2.4 million in post-election bonuses to 95 campaign staff members as part of the record $108 million he poured into the contest.
It was an election-year bonus, this observance of the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., an "official" tableau provided to Mr. Gore by dint of his position as vice president and one he used to advance his platform in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
By awarding only $100 million to Delaware and $500 million to Tennessee, Mr. Duncan retained $3.4 billion to dole out to up to 15 winning states in September, weeks before the midterm elections — a political bonus that officials insist is mere serendipity.
That it would give legislators something positive to take home to constituents during election season is a bonus.
At some elections no winner's bonus would be awarded, but this system would prevent Britain from ending up in permanent coalition.
"How could it not?" An examination of Mr. Bloomberg's previous election results, and the bonuses that followed, suggests that they may have reason to be nervous.
In Europe, where Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel, is running for re-election later this month and the British prime minister, Gordon Brown, faces a general election within the next year, bonuses have been met with controversy.
Burgmans, who saw 4% vote against his re-election, said high bonuses were on offer at BP but mostly had not been paid because targets had not been met.
Including the 50-seat bonus which Greek election rules grant to the party with the largest share of the vote, Syriza mustered 149 seats in the 300-member parliament.
