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...Washington is in culture shock. The new mecca is vastly different: the crowd is rich, young and isn't naturally inclined toward politics or government. Last summer Bobbie Kilberg, NVTC president, threw a fund raiser for George W. Bush's presidential campaign. She thought about having the event downtown but discovered that prospective donors in the high-tech suburbs weren't keen about that idea. Kilberg held the event near the Dulles Toll Road instead. It was the first real political event anyone could remember in northern Virginia, generating $600,000 for Bush...
...make sure no one missed what was really going on, the warriors of 1992 began sniping at each other. Clinton flashed his naughty, can't-help-myself smile at a Rhode Island fund raiser and told the audience that W.'s message is "'How bad could I be? I've been Governor of Texas, my daddy was President...Their fraternity had it for eight years, [so] give it to ours for eight years.'" President Bush shot back on the Today show with a threat to "tell the nation what I think about him as a human being and a person...
Union Pacific supplied the cars. And AT&T held a $500-a-person golf tournament/fund raiser to honor Montana Senator Conrad Burns, chairman of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Communications Subcommittee, which happens to oversee AT&T. Even some companies that banned soft-money contributions to either party made "in-kind" contributions. General Motors provided 400 vehicles to ferry people around. Time Warner and several other big media companies sponsored a glittery tribute to House members at a dance club...
Almodovar's foundation is struggling. Last weekend's Biker Rally, a motorcycle fund raiser for the Dumas, drew small crowds. Almodovar and Giecek are bitterly arguing over money. They could lose the Dumas. Worse, the world's prostitutes found themselves too busy to come to Butte to help out, which broke Almodovar's heart as well as her bank account. This summer, in fact, only one sex worker showed up, a 23-year-old who has stripped at the Palace of Pleasure in Portland, Ore. She admits to feeling awed by the Dumas. "The mind reels--you imagine the women...
This week Draper, a prominent Bush fund raiser, will launch the campaign for the proposition with a $4,000-a-head cocktail party at his home in a wealthy community outside San Francisco, along with rallies in San Diego, Los Angeles, Fresno and Sacramento. Overseeing the effort are Joe Gaylord, longtime strategist for Newt Gingrich, and Pat Rosenstiel, a former Midwest political director for Steve Forbes. But few if any big names are expected to high-five with Draper at his campaign podiums. So far, such school-choice advocates as financier Ted Forstmann and Wal-Mart heir John Walton...