HEY,
IT'S HARD TO BE PRESIDENT WHEN YOU HAVE SO MANY PARTIES TO GO TO
Obama
Will Have Attended Over 150 Fundraisers Since Announcing His Bid For Reelection
On April 4, 2011. (Mark Knoller, Twitter Feed 6/1/12;
Mark Knoller, "Obama Expected To Raise At Least $3.6 Million During
Manhattan Fundraisers," CBS, 6/4/12;
Jonathan Easley and Amie Parnes, "Obama To Return To Los Angeles In June
For Start Studded Fundraisers, The Hill, 5/11/12;
"Obama Heads To California For Fundraising Swing," The Associated Press, 6/6/12)
- At This Point In 2004, Bush Had
Done 79 Fundraisers. (Mark
Knoller, Twitter Feed,
6/6/12)
WHO BUT HOLLYWOOD SHOULD
OBAMA INVITE TO COMMEMORATE SUCH AN OCCASION?
#149: Obama Starts His Day At A "Small Campaign
Roundtable" Of Just 25 People Who Each Paid $35,800 To Be There.," San Francisco Chronicle, 6/6/12)
#150: At His Second Fundraiser, Obama Will Be
Introduced By Baseball Legend Willie Mays. (Carla Marinucci, "Obama Popping Back Into S.F. For 2 Fundraisers,"
San Francisco Chronicle, 6/6/12)
- Obama's Guests Will Dine On
"Coho Salmon" As Part Of A Menu Prepared By Credo Restaurant. (Carla Marinucci, "Obama Popping Back Into S.F.
For 2 Fundraisers," San Francisco Chronicle, 6/6/12)
- "Ticket Prices Range From
$5,000 To $7,500 For A Photo With The President And $50,000 For Co-Hosting
Status." (Carla Marinucci, "Obama
Popping Back Into S.F. For 2 Fundraisers," San Francisco Chronicle, 6/6/12)
#151: Obama Starts His Evening
With A Beverly Hills Fundraising Gala. "President Barack Obama will soon have a new arena to test
out his 'evolving' views on same-sex marriage -- the annual LGBT Leadership Council's
gala, which takes place this year at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills."
(Anna Almendrala, "Obama LGBT Fundraiser: President To Attend LGBT
Leadership Council Gala In Los Angeles," The Huffington Post, 5/7/12)
- Tickets For Obama's Gala
Fundraiser Range From $1,250 To $25,000. "Tickets for the June 6 event start at $1,250 and
are still available. Prices top out at the $25,000 per couple tickets,
which include name recognition in the event program, a photo with the
President and preferred seating for two. Singer Pink is scheduled to
perform that night. David Cooley, founder of West Hollywood hotspot The
Abbey, is one of the hosts for the event, notes West Hollywood
Patch." (Anna Almendrala, "Obama LGBT Fundraiser: President To
Attend LGBT Leadership Council Gala In Los Angeles," The Huffington Post, 5/7/12)
- Glee Actor Darren Criss Will
Perform At The Gala. "THR
has learned that Glee star Darren Criss will replace Pink as the performer
at the June 6 event." (Tina Daunt, "Darren Criss Replaces Pink
For Obama Fundraiser Performance, The Hollywood Reporter, 6/4/12)
#152: "After The Gala,
Obama Will Attend A Fundraising Dinner At The Home Of Glee Creator Ryan Murphy.
Tickets Are Selling For $40,000 Per Couple." (Tina Daunt, "Darren Criss Replaces Pink
For Obama Fundraiser Performance, The Hollywood Reporter, 6/4/12)
- Obama's Two Events Tonight
Could Raise As Much As $10 Million. (Exclusive)," The Hollywood Reporter, 5/10/12)
Stay Tuned, Unemployed
America: There Are More Glitzy Affairs To Come
The Obama Campaign Is
Holding A "High-Profile High-Fashion" Fundraiser In Chicago On June
12. " ("Obama
Campaign Fashion Fundraiser: Tickets On Sale For Anna Wintour, Iman Chicago
Event," The Huffington Post,
5/22/12)
- Obama's Campaign Released A
Video Invitation From Fashion Fundraiser Host Anna Wintour The Same Day As
"Grim Economic News - A Jobs Report That Put An Exclamation Point On
The Financial Struggles Of Average Americans. "." (Michael D. Shear, "After A Day Of
Bad Economic News, An Invitation From Anna Wintour," The New York Times' "The Caucus," 6/1/12)
- "But The Timing Of The
Video Of Ms. Wintour, Coming On The Same Day As The Jobs Numbers, Might
Not Have Been Ideal."
(Michael D. Shear, "After A Day Of Bad Economic News, An Invitation
From Anna Wintour," The New York Times' "The Caucus," 6/1/12)
ABC's Terry Moran: It's
"Tone Deaf" For Obama To Fundraise With Wintour As Unemployment
Increases. MORAN:"There just
seems to be something tone deaf about the Obama campaign's decision, at the
very moment unemployment is again on the rise, to enlist Madame Wintour as one
of the hostesses of his fundraiser." (ABC's "Nightline,"
6/4/12)
Fox's Chris Wallace
Called The Wintour Ad A "Blunder." (Fox's "Fox News Sunday," 6/3/12)
- Wallace: "And
This Is On The Day When We Find Out That The Economy Created Only 69,000
Jobs (Fox's "Fox News
Sunday," 6/3/12)
- Fox's Juan Williams: "That
Was Hilarious. That Looks Like A Parody… It's Just Unbelievable." (Fox's "Fox News
Sunday," 6/3/12)
- Click To Watch
The Obama Campaign's
First National Ad Features Sarah Jessica Parker And Aired During The MTV Movie
Awards. " (Marc Malkin,
"Sarah Jessica Parker Campaigning For President Obama At MTV Movie
Awards," E! Online, 6/1/12)
- In The Ad, Parker Invites
Viewers To Attend A Fundraiser With The President At Her Home On June 14. "'" (Marc Malkin, "Sarah Jessica Parker Campaigning
For President Obama At MTV Movie Awards," E! Online,
6/1/12)
Obama's
"Hollywood Glitterati" Are His Greatest Allies
"Obama's Popularity
With Hollywood Glitterati Is Again On Display As His Campaign Mobilizes Its
Vast Fundraising Apparatus To Amass Cash In A Campaign That Is Shaping Up To Be
The Most Expensive In U.S. History." (David Nakamura, "GOP Attacks Celebrity Support For
Obama," The Washington Post, 6/4/12)
- In 2012, Obama Has
"Aggressively Employed Star Power To Open Pocketbooks, Build Buzz
And, Perhaps Most Notably, Deploy Celebrities To Target Specific Constituencies."
" The Washington Post , 6/4/12)
- "President Obama Is Hardly
Averse To A-List, 1 Percenter 'Dynasty'-Type Spots For His Own Little
Campaign Shindigs."
"But let's get real: President Obama is hardly averse to A-list, 1
percenter 'Dynasty'-type spots for his own little campaign shindigs."
(Carla Marinucci, "When It Comes To Fancy Fundraisers, Obama's Had
His Own Big List," San Francisco Chronicle , 5/29/12)
- "Obama Has Drawn Support
From Hollywood's Biggest Names And Biggest Bundlers," Including
Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Tobey Maguire, Selma Hayek, Jack
Black, And Barbara Streisand. "GOP
Attacks Celebrity Support For Obama," The Washington Post , 6/4/12)
"In Many Cases, The
Obama Campaign Has Used Celebrities To Target Specific Constituencies,"
Such As Eva Longoria For Hispanic Women. "GOP Attacks Celebrity Support For Obama," The Washington Post, 6/4/12)
"The Obama Campaign
Sees Hollywood As A Powerful And Necessary Ally, Able To Both Raise Large
Amounts Of Money And Also Speak Directly To Important Subgroups Of
Voters." " (David Nakamura,
"GOP Attacks Celebrity Support For Obama," The Washington Post, 6/4/12)
- "The Fundraiser With
Wintour And Parker, For Example, Is Part Of An Effort To Appeal To
Women." (David Nakamura, "GOP
Attacks Celebrity Support For Obama," The Washington Post , 6/4/12)
