Clinton fundraiser set for Blowing Rock
Bonnie, Jamie Schaefer will be the hosts at spa
When invitations went out for a $2,300-a-person cocktail reception for Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday at Westglow Resort & Spa, some people wondered if it was a hoax.
“We’ve got a lot of calls from the area from people who can’t believe it and say it’s wonderful,” said Blake Zeff, a spokesman for the Clinton campaign. “Yes, it’s true.”
Daniel German, a political-science professor at Appalachian State University, said that people have teased him about how many tickets he’s buying, but he jokes back that it’s a bit out of his price range.
These kind of private fundraisers are common, he said, although he thinks it’s stunning that Clinton is coming to the mountains of North Carolina right now. The earlier states’ primaries will have all but decided the party’s nomination by North Carolina’s May 2008 primary.
“The tickets are $2,300 to $4,600 so I suspect that from a purely politically strategic point of view, it doesn’t make any sense, but from a fundraising point of view, it does make sense,” he said. Read full story
