Given the number of times President Obama has talked about leveling the playing field between monied interests and public interests in Washington, this story in the Washington Times today raises some big questions.

Matthew Mosk, a well-known investigative reporter who recently joined the Washington Times, reports:

During his first nine months in office, President Obama has quietly rewarded scores of top Democratic donors with VIP access to the White House, private briefings with administration advisers and invitations to important speeches and town-hall meetings.

High-dollar fundraisers have been promised access to senior White House officials in exchange for pledges to donate $30,400 personally or to bundle $300,000 in contributions ahead of the 2010 midterm elections, according to internal Democratic National Committee documents obtained by The Washington Times.

If this story is correct, it doesn't sound much like a level playing field to me. I plan to ask Norm Eisen, Obama's special adviser on ethics and government reform, about it.

Stay tuned.