We're dreaming of a White (House) Christmas . . . Several of Arizona's leading GOP muckety-mucks secured treasured invitations to Bush's swanky Christmas party Thursday. Actually, Bush holds at least three of these parties to glad-hand with delegations of big donors and politicos from all the states, or at least the red ones.
Spotted munching on the primo layout of beef, shrimp and pasta were Secretary of State Jan Brewer, Senate President Ken Bennett and soon-to-be-ex- House Speaker Jake Flake. Alberto Gutier and his son Mickey, who usually drives in Bush's motorcade when he comes to town, also made the guest list.
"It was an incredibly rewarding experience after 40 years in politics," said Gutier, who, alas, was not rewarded with a victory in his recent run for the House.
Also spotted, petition gatherer to the stars Nathan Sproul. Bush, it seems, doesn't have much of a problem with the allegations in several states that Sproul's employees misrepresented themselves as nonpartisan during a Republican National Committee voter registration drive and were accused of tossing out registrations from Democrats.http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1205polinsider05.html