Yes, I know what lefties will say: Giving no-bid contracts to your political supporters is nothing new in Washington. George Bush did it, too!

Which is completely true. And entirely irrelevant.

Barack Obama came to power after promising American voters “change”. He blasted the Bush Administration for its practices and promised an overhaul of the way Washington works. This was supposed to be an administration of transparency and accountability. Americans were promised change.

This is many things. Change it is not.

Despite President Obama’s long history of criticizing the Bush administration for “sweetheart deals” with favored contractors, the Obama administration this month awarded a $25 million federal contract for work in Afghanistan to a company owned by a Democratic campaign contributor without entertaining competitive bids, Fox News has learned.

The contract, awarded on Jan. 4 to Checchi & Company Consulting, Inc., a Washington-based firm owned by economist and Democratic donor Vincent V. Checchi, will pay the firm $24,673,427 to provide “rule of law stabilization services” in war-torn Afghanistan.

The Obama campaign received the support of the company’s executives, and in turn the Obama Administration drove $25 million of taxpayer funds into the company’s coffers.