Democrats Arrange Rare Convergence of Party's Stars for Fund-Raiser
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
Published: March 25, 2004
WASHINGTON, March 24 — The hunger for victory is so intense among Democrats that some of the party's biggest names — two former presidents among them — are putting aside longstanding tensions to appear together here on Thursday night for a dinner that is expected to collect $11 million for their presumptive nominee, Senator John Kerry.
Former President Jimmy Carter, a reluctant participant in partisan causes, will be at the fund-raising dinner, along with former President Bill Clinton, with whom Mr. Carter was never particularly close. And though Mr. Clinton's relationship with his vice president, Al Gore, has been strained since the 2000 campaign, Mr. Gore will attend, too.
Nearly 2,000 high-dollar donors are expected to attend Thursday's dinner at the National Building Museum, paying $1,000 each for all-you-can-eat barbecue on paper plates with plastic utensils. Others are contributing up to $25,000 each. The haul is expected to be the largest brought in by the Democrats in a single event relying only on so-called hard money, which is the limited, regulated money that is the only kind that the national parties can accept under the new campaign finance law. The record is $4.3 million, set in 2000....
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After the dinner, Mr. Clinton, Mr. Carter and others will head to Dream, a Washington nightclub. There, 5,000 people, paying $50 each, will see them and a bevy of performers, including OutKast, Ginuwine, Kenneth (Babyface) Edmonds and Q-Tip.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/25/politics/campaign/25DEMS.html
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