The site has set down policies to mediate debates; it has banished unco-operative contributors; it locked down entries that were frequently vandalised (such as one on George Bush)—changes come only from contributors who are designated as leaders on the strength of their work.
Both campaigns were aggressively pursuing political operatives, contributors and rank-and-file supporters.
He strode like a popular small-town mayor through the hotel's concourses, attracting a steady crush of corporate contributors, political operatives and reporters.
FTR is a known contributor to operative mortality after open abdominal aortic surgery.
Around the state, investigators have found extensive evidence of judges giving lucrative court appointments to campaign contributors and party operatives.
An alumni network of those administrations, ranging from top contributors to field operatives, has elevated a whisper campaign into a forceful effort to enlist him.
Suggestions made to government employees by candidates, contributors and political operatives can easily influence White House policy, whether it be political concerns about a United States attorney or a Senate candidate who is getting in the way.
There's former CNN contributor and Democratic operative Donna Brazile, who leaked debate questions to Hillary Clinton's campaign.
In addition, some establishment Democrats -- Washington lobbyists, editorial writers, inside-the-beltway operatives, party leaders, and big contributors -- have grown comfortable with the way things are.
Andrea Tantaros, a Fox contributor and former Republican operative, wrote a harsh Daily News blog post calling the first lady a "material girl" for going on a glitzy vacation at a luxury resort in Marbella with a cavalcade of Secret Service agents, friends, children and staff, even as "most of the country is pinching pennies and downsizing summer sojourns — or forgoing them altogether".
Fox News contributor and veteran political operative Ed Rollins said it wasn't his place to comment on what 21st Century Fox should do.
