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  • Street's 'Fat Cats' Won't Be Out in Force at Obama Fundraiser

    06/14/2011 1:23:46 PM PDT · by Fred · 6 replies · 1+ views
    Fox Business Channel ^ | 061411 | Charlie Gasparino
    The chief executives at the big Wall Street banks likely will be noticeably absent from next week's $38,500-a-head dinner/fundraiser for President Obama in New York City, an indication that the heads of the big firms are still hedging their bets before throwing their support to either Republicans or Democrats as the 2012 presidential election approaches, FOX Business has learned. The fundraiser, to be held at Daniel, a swanky upper-East Side eatery that caters mainly to well-to-do New Yorkers, is being hosted mainly by a coterie of private equity and hedge fund executives, many of them long-time Obama supporters. But absent...
  • Obama plays to half-empty house for grassroots fundraiser

    06/14/2011 1:11:37 PM PDT · by Hojczyk · 14 replies
    Hotair ^ | June 14, 2011 | Ed Morrissey
    Barack Obama has had some success already in raising money for his 2012 re-election bid, at least when it comes to big-ticket donors and high-value fundraisers. Yesterday, Obama tried his hand at harnessing the kind of grassroots passion that helped elevate him past Hillary Clinton in the 2008 primaries and roll to a historic victory over John McCain, becoming the first Democrat since Jimmy Carter to win a majority of the popular vote in victory. As Politico notes, Obama was decidedly less successful with the mainstream than with the elite Democratic donors he’s been wooing lately: A low-dollar fundraiser here...