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Bush still raking in cash for GOP
Aug 15, 3:59 PM (ET)
By DEB RIECHMANN
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush's popularity has tanked, but boy can he still bring in the cash.
He's raked in close to a billion dollars, the political fundraiser in chief, during his White House tenure.
In all, Bush has personally raised more than $968 million for the Republican Party, GOP candidates and his own re-election campaign and inauguration during his two terms in office. And he's not finished.
He's now lost a big part of the national spotlight to presidential contenders John McCain and Barack Obama, but he remains a formidable force on the fundraising circuit, mostly at private affairs closed to the media. His total so far this year is roughly $70 million.
(AP) President Bush waves as he arrives at TSTC airfield in Waco, Texas Friday, Aug. 15, 2008, to begin...
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Bush spent 90 minutes recently at a California winery tucked in a hillside in Napa Valley to help wring $850,000 from deep-pocket donors. That's $9,444 a minute.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080815/D92IU1VO2.html
Aug 15, 3:59 PM (ET)
By DEB RIECHMANN
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush's popularity has tanked, but boy can he still bring in the cash.
He's raked in close to a billion dollars, the political fundraiser in chief, during his White House tenure.
In all, Bush has personally raised more than $968 million for the Republican Party, GOP candidates and his own re-election campaign and inauguration during his two terms in office. And he's not finished.
He's now lost a big part of the national spotlight to presidential contenders John McCain and Barack Obama, but he remains a formidable force on the fundraising circuit, mostly at private affairs closed to the media. His total so far this year is roughly $70 million.
(AP) President Bush waves as he arrives at TSTC airfield in Waco, Texas Friday, Aug. 15, 2008, to begin...
Full Image
Bush spent 90 minutes recently at a California winery tucked in a hillside in Napa Valley to help wring $850,000 from deep-pocket donors. That's $9,444 a minute.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080815/D92IU1VO2.html