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Title: Mitt's Romney's Jerusalem fundraiser will be private
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Los Angeles Times
URL Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/politic ... aiser-20120728,0,4284035.story
Published: Jul 29, 2012
Author: Maeve Reston
Post Date: 2012-07-29 14:36:09 by Hondo68
Keywords: Romney PAC Restore Our Future, PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Romney headquarters
Views: 5888
Comments: 9
Poster Comment: Mittens and Obama will both be at the secret fundraiser in Jerusalem. Could be a bidding war!
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and wife Ann arrive in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Charles Dharapak / Associated Press / July 28, 2012)
JERUSALEM -- Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate who has committed more than $30 million to independent efforts to defeat President Obama, is expected to be among the donors mingling with Mitt Romney on Monday at a fundraiser in Jerusalem. But the Romney campaign has decided to bar reporters from that event -- breaking the protocol of an agreement developed with reporters and the campaign months ago.
The presumed Republican nominee's campaign opened fundraisers to a small pool of reporters in May, as long as they were being held in public venues like hotels and restaurants. Those in private homes were deemed off-limits.
But Romney's traveling press secretary, Rick Gorka, said Saturday that Monday's fundraiser at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem would be closed and declined to offer an explanation. Dan Senor, the senior policy advisor who helped plan the Israel trip, referred questions to Romney headquarters.
Adelson, the billionaire chief executive of Las Vegas Sands, almost singlehandedly kept Romney's one-time rival, Newt Gingrich, in the GOP nominating race by donating more than $21.5 million to Winning Our Future, the "super PAC" that supported the former House speaker.
In June, Adelson directed $10 million to the pro-Romney super PAC Restore Our Future.
Romney arrived in Tel Aviv shortly after 9 p.m. local time Saturday. He plans to spend virtually all 36 hours of his trip in Jerusalem, meeting with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. He will deliver remarks about the threats facing Israel on Sunday evening near the end of the Jewish holiday Tisha B'av.
After the speech, Romney will attend a traditional fast-breaking meal at the home of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
President Obama signs the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act. Looking on in the Oval Office are: Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations Richard Stone, left; Sen. Barbara Boxer; Howard Friedman, past chairman of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, third form left; Rep. Howard Berman, second from right; and AIPAC Chairman Lee Rosenberg. (Molly Riley / Getty Images / July 27, 2012
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#2. To: hondo68 (#0)
I live in the eastern suburbs of Seattle. Obama was here last week for a secret mega-fundraiser at the home of one of the two co-founderd of Costco. $35,000 a plate to join. Obama even spent the night at the guy's house in a place called Hunt's Point, right on Lake Washington. Romney is worse than this, HOW???
#3. To: jwpegler, *The Two Parties ARE the Same* (#2)
I didn't say he was worse, equal to Obama and Satan is plenty of reason not to vote for him. If you're looking for a candidate who's not equal to Satan, move down the ballot past the D&R party. Gary Johnson, or Virgil Goode maybe? It's pretty dang distasteful that both D&R candidates will be at the same Jerusalem event, trying to outbid each other in selling out America.
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