One of the major assets that Mitt Romney would bring as a vice presidential candidate, say pundits, is his talent at raising money.

The Wall Street Journal offers a window into the ugly side of corporate political donations through a story on Mitt's high-pressure fund raising.

Richard Pimentel, a former executive of Huron Consulting Group Inc., is suing the company contending that he lost his job as a financial-management consultant in retaliation for refusing his CEO's demands he contribute to Mitt's run for president.

Gary Holdren, CEO of the Chicago consulting firm, linked the donations to more business in emails he sent out encouraging giving to Mitt:

This is not about me trying to force a political candidate on you and trying to see how you vote. This is just business and the way business works. . . .

You can't realize how much leverage this gives Huron going forward to ask various people for business.

Huron execs ultimately gave Romney $92,000.

The Boston Phoenix previously explored Mitt's intensive fundraising:

His “bundlers” — supporters who raise large sums by soliciting donations from their friends and associates — include dozens of people who have, in some way, benefited from Romney’s business acumen (or largesse) and through the private-equity company he co-founded.

The Phoenix adds:

When you control vast sums of money, and have close allies who control even greater sums, you have a lot of ways to reward, say, Huron Consulting Group . . .