Hillary Clinton donor back in the fundraising mix
(CNN) - After Hillary Clinton lost the 2008 primary to President Barack Obama, Alan Patricof, a wealthy financier who had helped raise sizable donations to the Clinton campaign, took a step back from politics.
That all changes Tuesday night, when the owner of Apax Partners hosts President Barack Obama for a high-dollar fundraiser aimed at filling the campaign coffers of the Democratic National Committee and helping the Democratic body retire some of its campaign debt.
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In an invitation for the fundraiser, which was first reported by Politico, Patricof described the event as a "fireside chat" that will both help the DNC and any future campaign by Hillary Clinton.
"We have recently decided that the most effective way that we all can be helpful to Hillary, and the Democratic Party in general, is to make sure that the Democratic National Committee is as strong as possible if Hillary should decide to run in 2016 and, for that matter if any other good candidate appears on the scene if she decides not to be in the race," Patricof wrote in a letter dated February 20.
The financier added, "With that background in mind, Susan and I have decided to extend our support to the DNC this year and to be helpful as we prepare for the upcoming campaign as it evolves."
Attendees to the Tuesday night fundraiser paid the maximum allowable campaign donation for an individual under current campaign laws: $32,400 per person.
Unlike the Republican National Committee, which has no debt, the DNC owes more than $15 million from the 2012 cycle.
Patricof has been a longtime supporter of Clinton. In 2008, he was part of a loyal group of fundraisers – called the "Hillraisers" – who donated and bundled millions of dollars for the then-senator's White House bid.
When asked by CNN earlier this year if he would look to bundle and fundraise for Clinton in 2016 – should she run – he said, "Yes, I can say that with certainty."
"I remain a Clinton supporter," Patricof said. "I definitely am very supportive of Hillary should she decide to go forward."
In the invitation to the Obama fundraiser, Patricof acknowledged his "various efforts to convince Hillary to run in 2016 and to demonstrate financial, as well as moral support, if she decides to go forward."
Clinton, the former secretary of state and first lady, is considering a bid for the presidency in 2016. She would be the likely frontrunner for the Democratic nomination as poll after poll shows she tops all other possible Democratic challengers.
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Pres. Obama will be schmoozing around Manhattan at rush hour this evening. Great. "Time for some traffic problems in NYC."
H-I-L-L-A-R-Y 16'. Period.
I'm working in Manhattan today; hope I get to see the presidential motorcade and give him my best!
Woo wee! This ought to get the RWNJ's heads exploding!!
Even the DNC expects handouts to pay for their liabilities. The DNC and its base know nothing about "personal responsibility." Disturbing to say the least.
Thanks folks, keep the $ rolling in!
Ms.Clinton can expect an onslaught of conspiracy theories, misogyny, smear campaigns and out-and-out desperate lies (example Rush "she is too ill") so she will need as many donations as possible to fight it.
@Would You Look at That
Even the DNC expects handouts to pay for their liabilities. The DNC and its base know nothing about "personal responsibility." Disturbing to say the least.
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See – that is exactly a good example of desperate lies. The article talks about donors, not handouts (from the where??) but in the fact free world of conservative knee jerk.....
Patricof vs. Koch
@Would You Look at That: "Even the DNC expects handouts to pay for their liabilities. The DNC and its base know nothing about "personal responsibility." Disturbing to say the least."
We know nothing about personal responsibility, huh? Then please explain why Blue state per capita income is higher than Red state; why us Blues send in more money to the Feds than we take, unlike the moocher Reds? Why our high school drop out and teen pregnancy rates are lower than Red states'?
*crickets*
nice to see that nothing can stop the campaigner-in-chief from raising money from the 1%. heck, if americans being attacked and murdered in benghazi couldn't delay him, it is pretty certain nothing is more important to him than collection money from rich democrat suckers.
LOL! Even the Democratic National Committee is in debt! Democrats realy can't help themselves!
Wow rich people supporting Democrats....how can that be? We all know that the Republican party is the party of the wealthy....at least that's the dems story......
old crazy joe biden cannot be liking this now can he? nobody, and i mean nobody, considers him as an option for the white house. his only hope is medical problems affecting hillary clinton. at her advanced age, it is possible. then again, biden is a dinosaur as well. gotta love the the democrats and their old dinosaur party with solutions right out of the 1930s.
Jeff Brown in Jersey
I'm working in Manhattan today; hope I get to see the presidential motorcade and give him my best!
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I think I remember hearing this morniing that he has two stops. One at a private residence, and one around 8pm at the Waldorf.
LOL...the Funny or Die site has become the top referrer to the ACA exchange website because of the "Between Two Ferns" interview. Rage about it, GOPers/Teatrolls...your pouting amuses me. GO ahead...make all sorts of silly claims that it was "beneath the office blah blah dignity something something Benghazi" (yes, some Teatroll from the House already related it back to Benghazi). The fact remains: IT WORKED. It was effective. It got the message out and is turning in positive RESULTS. Cry about it.
/popcorn
/popcorn
One reason to get rid of unions they wanted Obamacare one Las Vegas union may strike unless their employers pay more to cover Obamacare fees they will not be the last.
Way to go Democrats.
Would You Look at That
Even the DNC expects handouts to pay for their liabilities. The DNC and its base know nothing about "personal responsibility." Disturbing to say the least.
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One can only assume that GOP candidate "earn" their donations by their votes, therefore making it a pure and wholesome thing. I guess they've perverted the definition of "personal responsibility" the same way they have with everything else. They would make breathing their exclusive right if they could.
-just asking
old crazy joe biden cannot be liking this now can he? nobody, and i mean nobody, considers him as an option for the white house. his only hope is medical problems affecting hillary clinton. at her advanced age, it is possible. then again, biden is a dinosaur as well. gotta love the the democrats and their old dinosaur party with solutions right out of the 1930s.
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Definite improvement over the party that is inspired by the 1890s. By the way, found a candidate yet that does not belong to the whack-job faction of the party-oh, that's right, you've driven all the sane, thinking people away and replaced them with brain trusts like Rick Perry.
Unlike the Republican National Committee, which has no debt, the DNC owes more than $15 million from the 2012 cycle.
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hahahaha.... Democrats still in debt up to their neck from 2012. Is anybody surprised given the $10 trillion in debt they are piling on this country? It cost them a lot to spread their lies I guess. Yo can keep your healthcare plan, PERIOD.
Enough is Enough
Wow rich people supporting Democrats....how can that be? We all know that the Republican party is the party of the wealthy....at least that's the dems story......
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Doen't it just gall you that rich people would give to Dems? We know that goes against the rightie laws of the universe, but its nice to see that money go to something other than unnumbered accounts in the Caymans.
Hillary is about as bad as it can get for America. Guess the donor is bent on helping to destroy us all.
anonymous
Unlike the Republican National Committee, which has no debt, the DNC owes more than $15 million from the 2012 cycle.
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hahahaha.... Democrats still in debt up to their neck from 2012. Is anybody surprised given the $10 trillion in debt they are piling on this country? It cost them a lot to spread their lies I guess. Yo can keep your healthcare plan, PERIOD.
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Mission Accomplished ring a bell? 4500+ dead in Iraq? The debt is courtesy of unfunded mandates and wars off the books from your lot. No one has died because of the ACA.
Rudy and Company keeps saying that all repubs do is lie. My question is this: do all of you that agree with that sentent believe that dems don't lie? Do you feel that they are honest?
@wouldyoulookatthat
please, please respond to this and let me know just how you think the rnc gets it's money. of course, anyone with an ounce brain knows that they get their money the same way – donations. being a republican, you obviousley don't meet the "brain" requirement. so, you have 2 choices here. either you respond and explain this ridiculous comment or you can pull the move typical of a right-wing coward getting called out for their stupidity/lies. just fade into the anonimity of the internet until you have something stupid to say again. i won't bother to wait around for your response.