NYT: Young Bush Fund-Raisers Are Courted by the Party

[kskiska]

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 - With President Bush sworn in, the parade route clear and the ballrooms empty, a group of up-and-coming Republican fund-raisers stayed in town on Friday to meet with party officials and discuss what they could do next to raise money.

The "Mavericks" are a group of about 95 fund-raisers around the country, each of whom is under 40 and raised at least $50,000 - some much more - for President Bush. Together, they brought in about $11 million. As a result, they are being courted by the party, and are likely to hear from candidates for Congress or the White House in the next four years.

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The meeting highlights an important question for Republicans: what will happen to Mr. Bush's fund-raising network, the most effective in presidential campaign history, now that he has run his last race?

Campaign finance experts say that there are no guarantees that the 550 people who each raised six figures for the president in last year's election will stay involved, and that many will have to be persuaded. Only about half of Mr. Bush's top fund-raisers in the 2000 race returned to the task in 2004, according to Texans for Public Justice, which tracks Mr. Bush's network.

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[aquart]

1. Didn't they get it by defrauding little old ladies?

Aren't some of them under indictment?

[snippy]

2. I think that was the College Republicans.

This group sounds like it is made up of post graduate thieves.