Palin hits hard at Obama in California visit

[struggle4progress]

Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Political Writer
Saturday, October 4, 2008

... But the one and only pre-election California trip by Palin, who has touted her connections to "Joe Six-Pack" voters, actually had the Alaska governor scheduling substantially more time with the Joe Chardonnay crowd at high-priced political fundraisers in the nation's political ATM state.

She spent 24 minutes addressing the crowd and 15 minutes afterward posing for photos and signing autographs at the rally in Carson. But that was a stop on her way to star at a pricey 90-minute fundraiser at the Costa Mesa Performing Arts Center, where donors were encouraged to write checks of up to $40,800 per person to the Republican National Committee, the state GOP and the McCain-Palin Victory fund. Today, she is to appear in Burlingame at another high-end fundraiser, an invitation-only event for affluent GOP donors.

Palin scheduled no time for questions from reporters in Carson, and is not scheduled to speak to the press in her Bay Area stop, the campaign said ...

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/04/MN2R13BKI7.DTL&tsp=1

[win_in_06]

1. I'm suprised they are still contesting in Cali

[PBS Poll-435]

2. They aren't contesting CA. They are fund-raising for their "compliance fund"

McMaverik is supposed to be running his campaign on "Public" funds, but a loophole in his McCain/Feingold campaign finance law allows for additional private donations. They can use this to pay up to 5% of their ad budget.

http://www.slate.com/id/2199935/