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Carnahan cuts prices on fundraiser tickets for dinner with Obama
Reid Wilson, Hotline "On Call" blogPres. Obama is the best fundraiser the Dem Party has, but his drawing power is way down from its peak during the '08 campaign. Obama is heading to MO and NV today to raise money for Sec/State Robin Carnahan (D), running for an open Senate seat, and Senate Maj. Leader Harry Reid. But Carnahan's campaign wasn't able to completely sell out the Folly Theater, where Obama will appear for a grassroots event on Carnahan's behalf, at the prices they wanted. Tickets once priced at $250 are now going for $99, while $35 tickets are half off.... Inside the lonely building sits the candidate. His speech is typed and ready, the hundred-dollar plates sit on deserted tables, beneath flourescent lights. But no one comes to hear him, no cheers disturb the night. So where are all the voters? Where the voter's wives? They've all gone to the movies trying to understand their lives. The candidate is slipping into some dream of old, not noticing around him a thousand rubber chickens going cold. --Al Stewart, "The Candidate" (from the album Russians & Americans, released in 1984) Posted by: Mike 2010-07-08 |
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