Obama made a bold bid for "real people" support in Joisey yesterday by attending a fund raiser given by Jon Bon Jovi (the former John Francis Bongiovi, Jr. of Perth Amboy and Sayerville).
The price? $30,800 per person.
The setting? Bon Jovi's mansion on the Navesink River in Middletown.
Since about 100 people were present at the event that translates into nearly $3.1 million for the DNC and Obama. And since Obama only spoke for eight minutes that means he pulled in about $385,000 per minute.
Well, you can do stuff like that when you break your promise and turn your back on public financing.
Earlier in the evening, Obama attended a $2,300-per-person reception at the nearby home of veteran party fundraiser Phil Murphy. About 200 people, including the Bon Jovis and New Jersey's wacky Governor Jon Corzine, attended.
No doubt Jon and Jon spent the evening searching for the missing "h" in their names.
As for Obama, one can't help but wonder if he's starting to think it might actually be advantageous to lose the election. After all, when you can command that much dough for an eight minute speech, imagine how much you could make on the Big Bucks executive speaking circuit. At this rate, 24 minutes would command more than a million bucks.
BTW: Since some people seem to enjoy counting homes, some of Bon Jovi's other homes include a condo on the Upper West Side of New York, a SoHo townhouse and a beach retreat in the Hamptons. Now, that's true grit!
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