Bill Clinton to headline Hoeffel fund-raiser

[Kire]

Former president Clinton to headline Aug. 30 Hoeffel fund-raiser

Associated Press

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate hopeful Joe Hoeffel will end a two-week
statewide campaign tour on a high note with one of the Democratic
Party's biggest stars: former President Bill Clinton.

Clinton will headline an Aug. 30 fund-raiser for Hoeffel in
Pittsburgh, the Senate candidate's campaign said Tuesday. The
luncheon will cap a 67-county tour of Pennsylvania for Hoeffel, who
will walk the last leg of the trip - from Johnstown to Pittsburgh.

Hoeffel faces four-term Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., in the Nov. 2
election.

Specter also has reaped presidential help in bankrolling his
campaign. President Bush hosted an April 19 fund-raiser, also in
Pittsburgh, that netted an estimated $400,000 for the senator shortly
before his narrow primary win. Specter later credited Bush's
appearance with helping him survive the challenge by conservative
Rep. Pat Toomey.

More....
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/politics/9366072.htm

[osaMABUSh]

1. Hoeffel will walk the last leg of the trip from Johnstown to Pgh ??

Walk??

Just curious. How much per plate to get in this one?

[Kire]

2. yeah right, walk?

yahoo maps says that is 66 miles

[Momof1]

3. A Miami paper? Shit I didn't think our newspaper were that bad

I'm kidding...I know how bad our papers are.

[Kire]

4. I don't know why...

but Lara Jakes Jordan of the Associated Press, loves writing about Hoeffel, and the Miami Herald is consistently the first to pick her up


I know this because I have been picking up news items for the HoeffelforSenate Yahoo! group I am a moderator of.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HoeffelforSenate/

Regards,
Erik

[Freddie Stubbs]

5. It's probably her job

Newspapers (and also news services like the AP) often assign particular report to cover race.

[Kire]

6. it was a hypothetical question, Freddie

I meant the "i don't know why" to refer to why would the Miami Herald pick up the PA Senate race all the time

[Kire]

7. Gore to Headline Hoeffel Fundraiser, 9/9

Former Vice President Al Gore will headline a Sept. 9 joint fund-raiser for the DSCC and Hoeffel in Philadelphia. That event follows another Hoeffel fund-raiser in Pittsburgh featuring former President Clinton.

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/103-08142004-348229.html

[Kire]

8. kick

[Kire]

9. Clinton gives Hoeffel needed exposure

Clinton gives Senate candidate Hoeffel needed exposure
Tuesday, August 31, 2004

By Jeffrey Cohan, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


U.S. Senate challenger Joe Hoeffel needed to do something to get himself noticed in Western Pennsylvania, where he is running well behind Republican Arlen Specter.

The Democrat's meet-and-greets at coffeehouses and news conferences on sidewalks were having little effect.

So, last night, Hoeffel tried an altogether different approach: He held a campaign fund-raiser featuring the Democratic Party's biggest star.

"It's unbelievable to be here with President Bill Clinton," Hoeffel said, introducing the former chief of state to a throng of 250 in an Omni William Penn ballroom.

Drawing roof-raising applause as he reached the dais, Clinton told the Democratic faithful, "You'll need to calm down a little. You'll have me thinking I'm still president

More: http://www.postgazette.com/pg/pp/04244/370553.stm