"Many of my friends and supporters cautioned me against that $50,000-a-head fundraiser...."

[Robb]

"...but I told them every little bit helps."

https://twitter.com/MlTTROMNEY

[DCKit]

1. Every little bit.

Oh, Mittens.

[ThoughtCriminal]

2. Sometimes you have to mingle with the Riff-Raff

Good heavens, where do these people shop for their clothes?

[slipslidingaway]

3. Is 40K a plate that much different ...

"Mitt Romney
@MlTTROMNEY
SATIRE :: WE DO NOT THINK THIS IS MITT ROMNEY'S TWITTER ACCOUNT. BUT THEN AGAIN, WE DO NOT THINK."


At Obama fundraiser, no one mentions private equity

http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/05/15/at-obama-fundraiser-no-one-mentions-private-equity/

"FORTUNE -- At a Democratic Party fundraiser, I guess it's inappropriate to mention the elephant in the room.

President Obama last night spent time at the Park Avenue apartment of Blackstone Group (BX) president Tony James, to press the Wall Street flesh and collect $35,800 per plate. It came just hours after his campaign launched its first formal attack on Mitt Romney's record running Bain Capital -- a private equity firm not terribly dissimilar from Blackstone. Talk about awkward!..."

[SunsetDreams]

4. It is when you pretend it's

small change.

I always find it interesting how an OP slamming Romney being out of touch, you invariably get but...but... Obama on a Democratic site.

[Scootaloo]

5. Some Dixiecrats never really left

[Number23]

6. Wrong spot

Sorry about that. That thumbs up was for SunsetDreams' post.

[SunsetDreams]

7. I have no idea what you are talking about

[Scootaloo]

9. Well, how else do you explain the "But... but... Obama!" trend you noted?

"Latent dixiecrats" is my take on the cause of that situation.

[SunsetDreams]

10. I wouldn't use the term Dixiecrats

in relation to that comment. Dixiecrats in my mind has to do more with Jim Crow, states rights.

[slipslidingaway]

13. You are so far off base with this comment. n/t

[Scootaloo]

14. I hear that a lot

Haven't seen any evidence to make me change my mind yet, though.

[NNN0LHI]

8. I have noticed the same thing

Bet Skinner has too.

Don

[SunsetDreams]

11. It's definitely noticeable. nt

[slipslidingaway]

12. IMHO you'll not sway too many people to switch their votes ...

because Romney had a 50K plate fund raiser while Obama had a 40K plate fund raiser.

Many of these people making contributions play both sides against the middle (class)