Including $40K per person fundraiser at the home of an evil hedge fund executive.
(CBS NEWS) WASHINGTON — With the help of former President Bill Clinton, Jon Bon Jovi, a bevy of Broadway stars and a hedge fund manager, President Barack Obama expects to raise at least $3.6 million for his reelection campaign during his seven-hour visit today to Manhattan.
Three days after doing a record six fundraising events in a single day on June 1 in Minneapolis and Chicago, Obama attended three more campaign money events this afternoon and evening.
They include:
- a $40,000 per person event at the home of billionaire hedge fund executive Mark Lasry. The event helps the president tap into the deep pockets of Wall Street titans, even though he has been critical of their opposition to his efforts to impose new regulations on the financial and investment industries.
- a fund-raising gala at the Waldorf-Astoria at which rocker and supporter Jon Bon Jovi will perform. Some 500 contributors will pay at least $2,500 to attend.
- a “Broadway for Barack” concert at the New Amsterdam Theater, located near Times Square. Stars such as James Earl Jones, Stockard Channing, Neil Patrick Harris, Angela Lansbury, Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, among others, are scheduled to perform. Some 1,700 supporters will pay at least $250 or more to attend. Usually, the New Amsterdam Theater is home to the Disney stage production of “Mary Poppins.”