Just in case you were interested in the details of the law:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatch_Act_o...

It's been around for a VERY long time.

EDIT: I found this particular section VERY interesting:
"President Barack Obama signed the Hatch Act Modernization Act of 2012 on December 28, 2012. It modified penalties under the Hatch Act to allow for disciplinary actions in addition to removal for federal employees; clarified the applicability to the District of Columbia of provisions that cover state and local governments; limited the prohibition on state and local employees running for elective office to employees whose salary is paid completely by federal loans or grants."

This is the same way Al Capone would have run the Government had he been elected president.

The catch --it had to be a government phone. At least, that’s the impression I was left with after reading the article in it’s entirety. Getting anyone to admit that on record is going to be near impossible. And, whether we like it or not, Obama, as the president can reserve the right to excuse wh staff from appearing. But this does change the picture in my mind of the process of how all the fundraisers are organized that Obama has attended have come about. I had just assumed he was responding to invitations. Now I’m beginning to suspect many of them are being organizing at the WH.
Maybe news outlet should be looking at this? I mean, it’s one thing to see the President jet-setting all over the country to raise money when we have serious issues that need his attention, but the image of his staff sitting on their phones all day organizing fundraisers too? Have they turned the WH in to one big phone bank? Have they put players into key positions in various agencies because of their abilities to fundraise as well?
This is potentially another scandal. No wonder we feel he is disconnected. They could possibly be running a phone bank not governing the nation.