WH Defends Wall St Fundraisers: 'Those Individuals Are Not Running For President' Tommy Christopher, Mediaite: "Another question I've heard a lot about this is, you know, isn't it hypocritical for the President to attack Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital and yet hold fundraisers and take donations from private equity?"Carney: "The issue is -- those folks aren't running for President. They do not believe that their experience in their line of work wholly qualifies them to sit in the Oval Office and be Commander-in-Chief and make the kinds of decisions on the economy that a President must make."