Sen. McCain starts urgent dash for cash

[Lone_Star_Dem]

Source: The Hill

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has scheduled at least seven fundraisers in the week leading up to Tuesday’s Florida primary, scrambling to raise enough money to compete with a rival who can loan his campaign tens of millions of dollars.

McCain held a major event at the St. Regis hotel in New York City Tuesday evening that advisers estimated would raise close to a million dollars. McCain has also scheduled several fundraisers in Florida, advisers said. He has planned events in Boca Raton, West Palm Beach, Miami, Tampa and Jacksonville.

On Monday, the night of President Bush’s State of the Union address, McCain will hold a fundraiser with his Senate supporters at Charlie Palmer Steak House on Capitol Hill.

By packing his schedule with fundraising events, McCain has risked devoting less time to stumping for votes at a critical moment. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R), by contrast, has made campaigning his top priority and relegated fundraising to an afterthought, said a Giuliani ally.

Read more: http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/sen.-mccain-starts-urgent-dash-for-cash-2008-01-23.html

[Virginia Dare]

1. I've got an idea for the Charlie Palmer gig Johnny..

everytime the chimp mentions the state of America being "strong", terrerists, Iran, nukular, surge, or God, people have to give you 100 bucks. Your entire campaign would be paid for buddy!

[gratuitous]

2. McCain is very short of cash

I don't think he figured he'd survive to Florida or Super Duper Tuesday, and now that his media pals have fallen in love with him all over again, he's going to have to scramble to finance a credible candidacy. Meanwhile, Romney can just write himself another check and tut-tut about how unseemly it is to watch a major party candidate grovelling for every dollar.

Delicious.