Sarah Jessica Parker prepares her home for President Obama's arrival

In this Feb. 25, 2010 photo, President Barack Obama, not pictured, acknowledges actress Sarah Jessica Parker, as first lady Michelle Obama smiles at the White House in Washington.

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(CBS/AP) Sarah Jessica Parker has been preparing her Manhattan home all week for President Barack Obama's arrival on Thursday.

The president's big-name tour makes its next stop at Parker's place in the West Village of New York City. The "Sex and the City" star, who is married to fellow actor Matthew Broderick, is hosting a cozy $40,000-per-person fundraiser along with Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour.

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According to the New York Post, workers were seen bringing in rugs, stacks of chairs, bouquets of flowers and a piano for the reception, held at the Parker and Broderick's West Village town house.

Needing to boost his donor base and campaign cash, Mr. Obama is banking on elite entertainers for help so often they have essentially become a cast of characters in his campaign. He is using his Hollywood access and raffling it off as a prize to others, tapping into a nation that revels in celebrity even in hard economic times.

The president and first lady Michelle Obama will then head to a second glitzy fundraiser in Manhattan, headlined by a performance by Mariah Carey.

From Tinseltown to Broadway, Mr. Obama has surrounded himself with blockbuster names lately: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Reese Witherspoon, Spike Lee, Will Smith, Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Cher and many others who make more in one year that most people do in a lifetime.

Mr. Obama played basketball with a Batman (Clooney) and a Spiderman (Tobey Maguire), all in one game. He held a private chat in Los Angeles with some of town's young stars last week, from Jessica Alba to Jeremy Renner. He has had some of the most popular musicians in the business perform at his fundraisers, such as Alicia Keys, Cee Lo Green, Dave Matthews and the Foo Fighters. For his gig with Obama, Jon Bon Jovi even caught a ride on Air Force One.

[ssporleder]

I wondered why I did not like her, and now it has become so clear.

[Bojax39]

"The "Sex and the City" star, who is married to fellow actor Matthew Broderick, is hosting a cozy $40,000-per-person fundraiser along with Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour."

Funny how many liberals always demonize conservatives as soulless big business or the greedy wealthy, but can still afford to blow 40 grand a pop for little events like this. :-)

Face it, there are MANY rich Democrats out there who are just as self serving, greedy and unethical as any wealthy Republican you ever heard of. And if they happen to be in politics, they are capable of lining their own pockets just as deeply.