"Obama fund-raiser at Sen. Jay Rockefeller's mansion. A Great Gatsby of a pool report. But I digress..." from Lynn Sweet reports on another of those "small donor" events - all those folks who make up Barack Obama's base of support - canoodling at Senator Jay Rockefeller's common man's mansion. Obama gave low key remarks about making politics "cool" for kids again - and praised DNC Chairman Howard Dean - who he's pretty much tamped down with his own posse - as he lapped up the $$$.
As reported, most shocking is Rockefeller's assessment of Obama vis-a-vis other Dem leaders - he's itching for a post in the Obama administration, it would seem:
From there, we took off for a hotel off Connecticut Avenue in Woodley Park, where various geeks and wonks stood in a more industrial strength hall and showered techno-dollars on Obama. This group of 550 included his Harvard law school buddy Julius Genachowski and the monetary stakes at this one were, well, almost pedestrian, costing a mere $2,300 to sip a drink with the famously abstemious candidate.
Flusher types, however, were encouraged to pay $2300 for a VIP reception with the candidate. Jay Rockefeller again did the openings, this time opining that for the first time in more than 40 years “I’ve met the man, the only person I’ve really wanted to see as president.”
Hold that thought: Not Johnson? Not Robert Kennedy, or McGovern or Carter or Mondale or Dukakis or Clinton or Gore? Not even big John Kerry? So there’s the list. Unfortunately, we could obtain no answers as Obama pool rules state that we can stare at and listen to the participants but no touching or talking.
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