Archive: Fundraising
A $500K dinner
I meant to write this a while ago, but here it is anyway: the menu from Tim Kaine's $500,000 fundraiser at the Omni Hotel. Why? Just because: * Mixed greens with rasberry vinaigrette. * Tournedos of beef, with mushroom, pepers and onion sauce * Garlic whipped mashed potatos. * Asparagus spears and carrots * Dessert: Chocolate ganache-dipped white chocolate swirl cheesecake on painted plate with whipped cream and red rasberry garnish See, who could pass up a post with a dessert like that? Anyway, that's what the crowd munched on before speeches by Kaine and Mark Warner....
By Michael Shear | September 30, 2005; 05:56 PM ET | Comments: (7)
The Big Joe-Mentum
Tim Kaine may be keeping his distance from Howard Dean, but he's not staying away from all national Democrats. Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman came to town today, spending almost the entire day with Kaine. Publicly, he toured a Richmond school with Kaine, but privately he helped the Democrat raise some money. The first fundraiser took place over lunch at the Jefferson Hotel. About 125 people crowded into the Empire Room to hear Lieberman extoll Kaine's virtues for at least $250 per plate. According to one participant, Lieberman called the Virginia race a "special" one that will have big implications for national politics. He said that with George Bush's popularity plummeting, both national parties are looking to what happens in Virginia as a test. And he said Kaine is a "special" kind of candidate who can have success in Virginia. Kaine spokeswoman Delacey Skinner said Lieberman was scheduled to do another fundraiser...
By Michael Shear | August 29, 2005; 02:35 PM ET | Comments: (1)
Md. Gov Says He Likes Warner, Really
The First Couple hit the trail Thursday night to support leading Republicans in Virginia and Maryland. President Bush went to a dinner for gubernatorial candidate Jerry Kilgore at the home of developer and home builder Dwight Schar in McLean. Laura Bush went to Bethesda, to attend a fundraiser for Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. Post reporter Matt Mosk, who covers Maryland state government, was at the Bethesda fundraiser. In addition to contributing to The Post's story on the two money-raising events, Matt filed this report: Ehrlich tried to dial back from comments he made about Virginia Gov. Mark Warner (D) a few days earlier. In trumpeting Maryland's billion dollar budget surplus on talk radio, Ehrlich had specifically noted that his economic plan was superior to Warner's, because it did not involve a tax increase. "They have a huge surplus because they passed taxes when they didn't need to, when some...
By Robert Thomson | July 22, 2005; 12:18 PM ET | Comments: (5)
Sights and Sounds of Summertime Fundraising
Two slices of big-time D.C. politics are heading Northern Virginia's way this week on behalf of Virginia's gubernatorial campaign. The GOP camp is all abuzz about a Thursday evening fundraiser for Republican nominee Jerry Kilgore, featuring none other than El Presidente. That's right, President Bush will be making a 6 p.m. stop in McLean for the nominee at the private home of a big-time GOP donor, Dwight Schar. This is Kilgore's signature fundraising event (it would be pretty hard to top, wouldn't it?) and the candidate's braintrust hopes to top the $1 million that Gov. Mark Warner (D) raised for Democratic candidate Tim Kaine a few months back. Early returns suggest that the event will help the Republican completely even-up the fundraising race -- Kilgore trailed Kaine by only $200,000 as of July 1, which these days can be made up with a personal check from a rich friend. The...
By Chris Jenkins | July 19, 2005; 03:38 PM ET | Email a Comment
