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Looks like having a fundraiser with President Bush as the special guest paid off with some big bucks for Sen. Roger Wicker.
Austin Barbour, Wicker's campaign manager, said today that the campaign had not done a final count on the amount raised. But, he said, about 500 people paid $1,000 each to attend the fundraiser.
That’s about $500,000 and the final tally is likely to go up.
Update:
The Mississippi Democratic Party offers a statement:
President George W. Bush’s high-dollar fundraiser he headlined today for interim U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker highlights exactly why Wicker is wrong for Mississippi: He endorses and obviously will continue failed Bush policies.
Wicker’s fundraiser proves he backs Bush policies that have led to skyrocketing gasoline prices, a failing national economy and an unending war in Iraq. Electing Wicker to the U.S. Senate and John McCain as president ensures nothing more than a third Bush term.
-- Amy Dominello
Austin Barbour, Wicker's campaign manager, said today that the campaign had not done a final count on the amount raised. But, he said, about 500 people paid $1,000 each to attend the fundraiser.
That’s about $500,000 and the final tally is likely to go up.
Update:
The Mississippi Democratic Party offers a statement:
President George W. Bush’s high-dollar fundraiser he headlined today for interim U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker highlights exactly why Wicker is wrong for Mississippi: He endorses and obviously will continue failed Bush policies.
Wicker’s fundraiser proves he backs Bush policies that have led to skyrocketing gasoline prices, a failing national economy and an unending war in Iraq. Electing Wicker to the U.S. Senate and John McCain as president ensures nothing more than a third Bush term.
-- Amy Dominello