Man of the people.
Via Deadline Hollywood:
Just over two weeks after breaking bread at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, President Barack Obamaand Harvey Weinstein were back together today. This time it was at the producer’s Manhattan home for a fundraiser. Unlike the big bucks, Weinstein raised directly for Obama during last year’s election, Monday afternoon’s event (read the Pool report below) was for the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee 2014 midterm war chests. Obama will also be attending two other midterm fundraisers Monday while in NYC before returning to the White House tonight. The President arrived at Weinstein and his wife Georgina Chapman’s home in the West Villiage around 1 PM after flying up from D.C.
There was approximately 65 guests paying between $16,200 and $20,000 a ticket at today’s event. The White House Pool report identified Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel in the room among the guests. While this isn’t the first midterm fundraiser that Obama has done this year it is the first one with Hollywood hosts. It won’t be the last. The President is due out in LA next month for a lunch event at Peter Chernin’s house on June 7. Tickets for that fundraiser range from $10,000 to $32,400 if you want to be a co-chair. With Hollywood a solid source of cash for the Democrats, Obama will likely head out West again. The President will be headlining at least eight more House and Senate midterm fundraisers this year, according to the White House.
HT: DRUDGE