A Tale of Two Parties

[Robbien]

MILFORD, N.H. -- Tonight over 3,000 Democrats are meeting for a fund-raiser that is the largest in state party history.

Barack Obama will be there. So will Hillary Clinton, Bill Richardson, and Dennis Kucinch. John Edwards sent his wife and decided to campaign at a town hall event.

While there is a lot of attention to this fund-raising dinner -- broadcast nationally on C-SPAN -- it is important to contrast this night with what will happen later this weekend.

The state Republican Party wanted to have a blow out fund-raiser themselves. They do need the money. Until its current chairman the party was in debt and hardly could hire more than a few staff.

At this blow-out fund-raiser John McCain is not scheduled to attend. Nor are Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, Mike Huckabee or Rudy Giuliani. Nope. Just Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter.

At a time when many in the national media are focusing on the difference in caucus turnout in the parties in Iowa, there are differences in New Hampshire as well.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/politics/primarysource/2008/01/a_tale_of_two_p.html

grinning
:D

[salin]

1. Wow!

Not one major candidate showing up at the state GOP fund-raiswer. Talk about arrogance. He NH GOP we need your help as we do our campaigning, but I will be otherwise busy at the time of your fundraising dinner- and sorry that you are barely out of debt and that perhaps my (and my rivals) presence could bump up fundraising/attendance.

Wow.

[Robbien]

2. Selfish greed is a top desired GOPer trait

Too bad that desired trait doesn't help out the party's coffers.

[salin]

3. hold onto this - it is so greatly symbolic

the dems do the fundraiser and help out the locals in doing so, the pubs stiff the locals.