Phoenix, Arizona is a mostly Republican town in a mostly Republican state. This is the state of Barry Goldwater, the icon of the GOP nearly fifty years ago. Although Arizona is trending blue, they still gave George Bush more than a ten percent margin of victory in 2004. Now, four years later, as he tries to help his favored candidate in downtown Phoenix, nothing is turning out as it should for a simple fundraising event.
From The Phoenix Business Journal:
A Tuesday fundraiser headlined by President Bush for U.S. Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign is being moved out of the Phoenix Convention Center.
Sources familiar with the situation said the Bush-McCain event was not selling enough tickets to fill the Convention Center space, and that there were concerns about more anti-war protesters showing up outside the venue than attending the fundraiser inside.
Another source said there were concerns about the media covering the event.
Bush's Arizona fundraising effort for McCain is being moved to private residences in the Phoenix area. A White House official said the event was being moved because the McCain campaign prefers private fundraisers and it is Bush administration policy to have events in public venues open to the media. The White House official said to reconcile that the Tuesday event will be held at a private venue and not the Convention Center.
Hmm, does that mean that Bush will pick up the tab of flying to Phoenix and be carted to and fro this fundraiser?
Probably not, but considering all that Bush has stolen from the American people in the last eight years (liberties, freedoms, our economic future), the fact that he couldn't fill up an event for John McCain in his hometown is almost worth the expense. McCain, with being the nominee for months, can't even come close to Obama's fundraising prowess anyways
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