Posted on 03/21/2008 8:32:49 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
DENVER --
The long and winding fight for the Democratic presidential nomination is giving a fundraising migraine to the Mile High City.
As the host city, Denver must raise $40.6 million by June 16 for the party's Aug. 25-28 convention. This week, the host committee missed its second fundraising deadline, and Mayor John W. Hickenlooper said he believed the drawn-out battle between Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois had distracted potential donors.
"I think there's still so much focus around who the candidate will be that it is hard for people" to focus on the convention, he said.
If the Democrats already had a nominee, "everybody would be focusing on 'How can we make it a great convention?' " he said.
Denver's host committee fell $5 million short of its goal to raise $28 million by March 17. Committee officials declined to comment, but said in a written statement that they had commitments for $28 million.
"Our strategy," committee spokesman Chris Lopez said in a statement, "is to raise as much money in the months leading up the convention as we can. That's the fiscally prudent thing to do, and we're making our donors aware that we need their financial support now. Our team is working aggressively to meet all of our goals."
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Bush’s fault
They are going to need extra $$$$ to clean up and rebuild after the riots. ;-)
Fund riot control. Everything else will take care of itself.
This is too funny!
Democrat politicians will use their people and take all the money they can get. Hopefully, the people see this and now know what is going to happen to their taxes. Democrats will raise their taxes to the point the people will go broke and then they will have control of them. How much more will they put up with?
Another casualty of “Operation Chaos”?
Rush's fault...
I am sure they'll just raise taxes to make it up.
Ask the Red Chinese to pay. They have a stake in the action.
Every Denver waiter and waitress will get stiffed by these bums
MAYBE THEY NEED A “RE-DO” ON THE DECISION..............
Denver should implement a new convention tax.
The libs will make sure ALL of the taxpayers cover any funding gap. It’s their answer for everything.
I live in the Denver suburbs and don’t plan on going anywhere near downtown that week.
The libs will make sure ALL of the taxpayers cover any funding gap. It’s their answer for everything.
I live in the Denver suburbs and don’t plan on going anywhere near downtown that week.
Free beer at Wynkoop’s.Grandma’s White Pale Ale.
They'll tax and spend.
What are the consequences of missing these "deadlines"???
Oh, right, dumb question, excuse me.
To accomodate 15,000 media HOs and 6,000 de-legates to see cat fight between hellarious and emptysuit, priceless.
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