level, despite the huge deficit and millions out of work. the washington examiner reports 2010 dinner for mexican president felipe calderon including performance by beyonce cost nearly $1 million. put another way it was $4700 per attendee. dinner for india s prime minister cost about half million bucks. the chief usher of the white house from the carter to george w. bush presidencies says the priciest event he could remember was $200,000. so far, the white house has not commented. finally, ever wonder how much your vote is worth? cnbc broke down the numbers using data from the federal election commission. the campaign and their super pacs are spending combined $27 per second. the obama campaign aid fillateed groups spent $5.33 per registered voter versus $4.81 for the romney team. all told, $110.14 apiece.
and more importantly not far from tirr memorial hermann. giffords has been undergoing intense rehabilitation at tirr for five months but now she s moved into the next phase of treatment. in a statement kelly said, quote, living and working in a rehab facility for five months straight has been especially challenging for her. she will still go each day from now on when she finishes rehab she will be with her family. the kelly home was quiet. family members coming and going. kelly himself just taking out the trash. and some of the workers who will provide giffords with round-the-clock at-home medical assistance leaving. giffords was shot in the head in a shooting in tucson, arizona, in january. six other people died in that rampage. the man accused of shooting giffords, jared loughner, is in a mental health facility in missouri, he was declared mentally incompetent to stand trial last month. in league city, abc news. the obama administration says the u.s. has spent $800
that, it has sort of been business as usual. reporter: the center points out that then-senator obama promised a new way of doing business. the cynics, the lobbyists, the special interests who, have turned our government into a game only they can afford to play. they get the access, while you get to write a letter. the time for that kind of politics is over. reporter: the white house insisted donations play no role in these plum jobs. being a supporter does not qualify you for a job or guarantee you a job. but it does not disqualify you obviously. reporter: that s generally what white house is saying. we make no distinctions about the people on whether they have given or not. reporter: there s a difference between the bush administration and obama administration according to the center. the obama administration is worse. we did look at the administration of george bush which was widely criticized for appointing donors to these kinds of posts. and they had about the same