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Posted on 09/07/2008 3:38:03 AM PDT by nickcarraway
WHILE CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS AREN'T COUNTING ON CARRYING CALIFORNIA IN NOVEMBER, THEY ARE SEIZING THE GOP VP CANDIDATE'S SUDDEN STARDOM TO RAISE CASH IN THE STATE.
What plans do California Republicans have for Sarah Palin, the GOP's instant political supernova?
Fundraising.
The Republican vice presidential nominee will hold a lunch fundraiser at the Woodside home of Siebel Systems founder Tom Siebel on Sept. 25, according to an e-mail invitation. She'll be in the state for a two-day swing packed with fundraising events, said former California Secretary of State Bill Jones, chairman of the state's McCain campaign.
He said he didn't know whether she would also hold public events. The McCain campaign would not confirm details of the California trip.
Jones confirmed fundraisers in Southern California and at least one in Northern California.
According to an e-mail invitation, the Siebel lunch "will be the perfect and probably only opportunity to meet and visit with her before the November election." To attend a private host reception before lunch requires a commitment to raise $50,000, and includes three photo opportunities with Palin, two seats at the head lunch table and a table for 10 with priority seating.
Individual tickets to lunch will cost $1,000 per person. For $2,500, donors get lunch and a McCain 2008 lapel pin.
McCain trails far behind Barack Obama when it comes to raising money in California. According to a tally by the non-partisan Opensecrets.org, Obama has raised $37.9 million compared with $17 million for McCain for the entire election cycle, based on federal filings as of Aug. 20.
While some recent polls taken before the conventions show McCain closing a once yawning gap with Obama in California, state Republicans privately admit it will be difficult to persuade
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I wish I could go. Can’t afford it.
She is coming to the OC on the 25th. We’ll be there :-DDDDD (that’s not a lot of chins just a very big smile.) Can’t wait.
Maybe not. Maybe John Voight would take it on.
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