From colleague Theo Emery:
Al and Tipper Gore may finally get the chance to open the doors of their home to Sen. Barack Obama.
On the night of Tuesday’s debate at Belmont University, the former vice president is hosting a $2,500 per person/$5,000 per couple, “post-debate dessert reception” at the Gore residence, according to a copy of the invitation.
The event benefiting the Obama Victory Fund is clearly intended for deep-pocketed donors. The invitation specifies that the first $2,300 each individual contribution will go to the Obama for America fund. The next $28,500 of each person’s contribution, the invitation says, will go to the Democratic National Committee.
The reception is scheduled for 9:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. There’s talk in Democratic circles that Obama may come by after the debate, but there was no word from the campaign on Wednesday afternoon that that was the case.
Over the summer, the Gores had set in motion tentative plans for a Nashville fundraiser for Obama, but the efforts sputtered until now.
Obama’s arrival in Nashville for the debate will mark the first time that he has made a public appearance in Tennessee in over a year.
Polls have generally put McCain ahead of Obama by a wide margin in Tennessee; the most recent, a Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of 500 likely voters, gave John McCain at 58 percent to 39 percent edge over Obama, a 19-point lead. The margin of error was plus or minus 4.5 percentage points.
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dear prez,gore and yes sir i did say prez!! i would have loved to come to the fundraiser but due to the bushwackers i aim out of a job. so all i have to give is my vote and it is 100% for Obama i trust you sir. i just wished you had run one more time!!!
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