Raising money for Obama
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- June
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I’ve covered fundraisers for politicians before, many of them in hotels or other formal settings where the politician in question gives a speech and the whole affair lasts an hour or two.
But yesterday’s in Mamaroneck for Barack Obama had the feel of an afternoon party, an open house with kids in the pool and tables of food, a vegan selection included.
Eric Rosenberg opened his house on the Long Island Sound for the gathering, which I wrote about in my column today.
A lawyer for Merrill Lynch for 20 years who now teaches businesses how to avoid lawsuits, he first met Obama in May of last year at a lunch in New York organized by a group of lawyers.
“I got to shake his hand, talk to him very briefly and hear him talk,” Rosenberg said. “And I was impressed with him. I was impressed with the group of Chicago based people who were organizing for him. And the next step was to get my wife interested.”
She had started out as supporter of Hillary Clinton, but both were early opponents of war in Iraq.
And so here they were on the weekend celebrating Obama’s victory.
PHOTO: Barack Obama shakes hands after his speech about the economy at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, N.C., today. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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