Possible Fundraising Problems and a VP BBQ for McCain

By: John Bentley
Topics: John McCain

(CBS)

From CBS News' John Bentley:

While John McCain is hosting a barbeque this Memorial Day weekend for three people who are widely believed to be on his vice-presidential short list, he might need to be paying more attention to his fundraising. A high dollar fundraiser scheduled for this Tuesday in Phoenix with President Bush is being moved out of the Phoenix Convention Center and into a private home, according to the Phoenix Business Journal. Tickets were not selling well and there were concerns about large numbers of protestors disrupting the event.

It should be a quiet and relaxing weekend for McCain at his home in Sedona, Arizona, this weekend, as he hosts a couple of dozen guests. At least three of them are reportedly getting a hard look as a running mate – Florida Governor Charlie Crist, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and former Republican rival Mitt Romney. McCain said it is not his version of running mate "Survivor." "It's having a group of friends visit us on Memorial Day," McCain said. "No more and no less."

The official head of the vice-presidential search for McCain is Arthur Culvahouse, according to The Hill. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said Culvahouse will be helping McCain vet candidates and develop a list of possible VP's. Culvahouse did the same job for Ronald Reagan.

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by mattcat25 May 24, 2008 7:26 PM EDT: A High $Dollar Fundraiser, imagine that?

The Republican Elite are meeting in a private residence to book their future with John McCain and George W. Bush. The Republican Party is about a closed club that disregards the needs of the mass population of the United States and provides only for the top wealthy influential at the cost of the average American.

Less equals more, the fewer people with more money provides for larger pieces of our pie to go around.

I''m sure they really didn''t want to have the convention center full, with protesters outside and having to allow them to eat cake.; Reply to this comment