Republican House Whip Roy Blunt announced today that the National Republican Congressional Committee raised $7.9 million dollars at the President's Dinner to help G.O.P. candidates for the 2008 elections.
The Senate side pulled in $7.5 million dollars for its candidates during the annual joint fundraiser headlined by President George W. Bush.
But The Hill reports that the $7.9 million raised is about HALF of what was raised last year.
In the official release, Blunt seems rosy:
“The success of tonight's dinner highlights the strong nationwide commitment to Republican ideals and values. We're coming together tonight from all over the country with a common goal -- to take back our majorities in the House and Senate -- and the success of tonight's dinner will help us get there,” House Republican Whip Roy Blunt said.
But in The Hill article, Blunt acknowledges the President's problems:
"Blunt acknowledged that Bush’s relationship with congressional Republicans is rocky. “Every president in his second term has difficulty working with the legislature, and President Bush is no different,” Blunt said, but disputed that the lowered financial goals reflected disenchantment with Bush. Instead, Blunt said, it was due to donor fatigue after the midterm elections. (In 2005, the last non-election year, House Republicans set a $14 million goal for the dinner.)"
The fundraising dinner will be held tonight in Washington, D.C.
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