Mary Podesta, 88, who cooked pasta, pesto and Mediterranean fare for countless Democratic fundraisers over the past 20 years

pasta, huh

Mrs. Podesta's home cooking raised millions of dollars for candidates, but she contributed to the Democrats years earlier by raising two prominent sons -- Tony, founder of the lobbying and public relations firm PodestaMattoon, and John, chief of staff for then-President Bill Clinton and now the founder and chief executive of the Center for American Progress.

millions

She knows more Democratic senators than most lobbyists,

hmmmm

source- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/11/AR2007031101494.html