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Hillary Plans Fundraiser at U2 Concert
First Sen. Rick Santorum and now Sen. Hillary Clinton have tried to cash in on the popularity of rock group U2 and its front man Bono by scheduling fund-raisers at the band’s concerts. But U2 wants no part of it. Clinton’s political action committee, HillPAC, has "cordially invited” 18 people to attend U2’s concert in a luxury suite at Washington’s MCI Center on October 19. Those backers can catch the concert in comfort with a wet bar, private bathroom and plush chairs in Clinton’s $7,000 suite. The "donation”: $2,500 per ticket.
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"We do a meet-and-greet with the Senator, and then go in and listen to music,” said Clinton’s campaign spokeswoman Ann Lewis. Her nemesis in the Senate, Pennsylvania Republican Santorum, has also arranged a fund-raiser at a U2 concert, the October 16 show in Philadelphia. The band’s publicist sent out a release Tuesday stressing that Bono and U2 are not connected to the fund-raisers. "Throughout the U2 tour, politicians from both sides have been organizing fund-raisers at the venues or around specific shows,” the statement said. "The U2 concerts are categorically not fund-raisers for any politician – they are rock concerts for U2 fans.” Clinton’s financially strapped HillPAC, which supports her political operation and funds Democratic candidates around the country, has just $55,000 in the bank, according to the New York Post.
But Friends of Hillary, which raises money for her 2006 Senate re-election campaign, reportedly has more than $12 million.
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