Fundraiser who pushed Solyndra loan favored guest at Dem National Convention

From ABC News:

. . . The Obama campaign rolled out the red carpet this week for a former top Energy Department official who was at the center of the ill-fated government loan to Solyndra, a California solar panel firm that wound up in bankruptcy. . . . 

Spinner was last in the headlines in October, when emails surfaced showing he had pushed for the Solyndra loan from his post in the Energy Department, apparently in an effort to score the loan as a political victory for President Obama.   

"How hard is this? What is he waiting for?" Spinner wrote in one of them. "I have OVP [the Office of the Vice President] and WH [the White House] breathing down my neck on this." . . . 

ABC News made repeated attempts to interview Spinner as the Solyndra saga unfolded, and he declined. When he was approached by ABC News on the convention floor Monday, he bolted for an exit. A DNC employee blocked ABC News reporters from following Spinner as he broke into a run. "You can't follow people," the aide said, as he held up his arms to keep the camera from filming Spinner as he left the venue. . . . .