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Cheese Sandwich

(9,086 posts)
Tue Nov 17, 2015, 08:03 PM Nov 2015

Bill Clinton to Appear for ‘Super PAC’ Backing Hillary Clinton



Former President Bill Clinton will appear as the main attraction at a meeting on Dec. 1 with prospective donors to Priorities USA Action, the “super PAC” that is supporting his wife’s presidential campaign — the first such event he will do for the group.

Mr. Clinton’s appearance was featured on an invitation describing him as the “special guest” at the event in New York City that will also feature the group’s chief strategist, Guy Cecil.

The appearance is a potential new phase for Priorities, which has been trying to ramp up its fund-raising as a bumper crop of super PACs has sprouted up on the Republican side of the race. Mr. Clinton raised money in 2012 for Priorities when it was supporting President Obama’s re-election effort.
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more: http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/11/17/bill-clinton-to-appear-for-super-pac-backing-hillary-clinton/
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Bill Clinton to Appear for ‘Super PAC’ Backing Hillary Clinton (Original Post) Cheese Sandwich Nov 2015 OP
finally, the billionaire class will have a voice in this election virtualobserver Nov 2015 #1
super pacs are supposed to be independent of the candidate's campaign 6chars Nov 2015 #2
Citizens United I give you corruption! nt. Juicy_Bellows Nov 2015 #3

6chars

(3,967 posts)
2. super pacs are supposed to be independent of the candidate's campaign
Tue Nov 17, 2015, 08:57 PM
Nov 2015

I guess there is no smoking gun, so it's ok.

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