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Some 2,000 G.O.P. donors will be in Washington for Tuesday night's Presidential Gala fund raiser. But the big ticket is dinner at DICK CHENEY's vice-presidential mansion the night before, an event planned with as much secrecy as the report of his energy task force. Among those on the Veep's guest list are some of the party's most prolific fund raisers, including lobbyists for the coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear and utility industries. Rick Shelby of the American Gas Association, who raised or gave $250,000, is invited, as is former Republican Party chairman Haley...
...politics only had the effect of brushing dirt into different corners. Last week party moneymen were looking for loopholes. "Anybody who thinks you'll have less money in politics as a result is just unrealistic," says Hagel. "The money will just go outside the system." A Democratic fund raiser in California jokes that in the short run wealthy people "may save some money." But not for long. "There will be ways to get around this. You work with the issue groups more closely...
...politics only had the effect of brushing dirt into different corners. Last week party moneymen were looking for loopholes. "Anybody who thinks you'll have less money in politics as a result is just unrealistic," says Hagel. "The money will just go outside the system." A Democratic fund raiser in California jokes that in the short run wealthy people "may save some money." But not for long. "There will be ways to get around this. You work with the issue groups more closely...
...longstanding favorite is the Night of a Hundred Stars, a fund-raiser for Martin Scorsese's Film Preservation Foundation. The night is as curiously old-fashioned as its name, and all the more charming for it. The attendees are an odd grab-bag of celebrities. Some are legitimately A-list names having a B-list year out of the Academy limelight. Others are B-list names with A-list aspirations. And some are just from the fringes of some People magazine "Where Are They Now?" list, TV stars whose aura sparkles just on Nick at Nite. The hippest partygoers...
...Most of the studios are eschewing holding the big open-call parties, focusing instead on intimate gatherings for their select few. The most desirable traditional parties are the one hosted by Vanity Fair magazine, a separate one hosted by Los Angeles magazine, and one bash that is a fund-raiser for a much-respected charity, the Elton John AIDS Foundation...