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Related: About this forumHillary Clinton heads to California for closed-door meetings with donors
Source: The Guardian
Hillary Clinton heads to California for closed-door meetings with donors
Rory Carroll in Los Angeles and Nicky Woolf in San Francisco
Thursday 7 January 2016 15.00 GMT
Hillary Clinton began two days of closed-door meetings in Los Angeles and Silicon Valley on Thursday two areas that account for a large portion of her donor base and will be ever more crucial as the primary season begins.
Democratic politicians have long made the pilgrimage to Hollywood but have recently added the newly minted and newly ambitious young entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley as crucial fundraising targets and in turn, Silicon Valley is beginning to realise its own political power.
The former secretary of state will attend a morning event in San Gabriel on Thursday for the launch of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for Hillary, along with representative Judy Chu, the first Chinese American woman elected to Congress, who chairs the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus.
Staying in San Gabriel, Clinton will then attend a $2,700-per-head lunch hosted by Chu. We want to show this tremendous support for Hillary Clinton and acknowledge her long relationship with us, Chu said. Bernie Sanders attended a meeting with our caucus and I do give him credit for that, but Hillary has gone above and beyond in her outreach.
Several Asian American politicians will endorse Clinton at the event, ...
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Rory Carroll in Los Angeles and Nicky Woolf in San Francisco
Thursday 7 January 2016 15.00 GMT
Hillary Clinton began two days of closed-door meetings in Los Angeles and Silicon Valley on Thursday two areas that account for a large portion of her donor base and will be ever more crucial as the primary season begins.
Democratic politicians have long made the pilgrimage to Hollywood but have recently added the newly minted and newly ambitious young entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley as crucial fundraising targets and in turn, Silicon Valley is beginning to realise its own political power.
The former secretary of state will attend a morning event in San Gabriel on Thursday for the launch of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for Hillary, along with representative Judy Chu, the first Chinese American woman elected to Congress, who chairs the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus.
Staying in San Gabriel, Clinton will then attend a $2,700-per-head lunch hosted by Chu. We want to show this tremendous support for Hillary Clinton and acknowledge her long relationship with us, Chu said. Bernie Sanders attended a meeting with our caucus and I do give him credit for that, but Hillary has gone above and beyond in her outreach.
Several Asian American politicians will endorse Clinton at the event, ...
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jan/07/hillary-clinton-fundraising-california-hollywood-silicon-valley-money
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Hillary Clinton heads to California for closed-door meetings with donors (Original Post)
Eugene
Jan 2016
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brooklynite
(94,571 posts)1. "Closed Door" always sounds to ominious...
...but most donor events are closed to the public.
bobbobbins01
(1,681 posts)2. Not if the public are your donors.
brooklynite
(94,571 posts)4. But they're not, for either candidate.
comradebillyboy
(10,147 posts)3. So how does one win a national campaign without fundraising?
It is very expensive. As I recall Obama raised and spent over a billion dollars to get re-elected. I don't recall him being chastised for fundraising. I don't think unilateral disarmament is a winning strategy.
WillyT
(72,631 posts)5. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!