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05/09/2007
Clinton Planning Irish Fundraiser
Bill Clinton is reportedly planning to hold a fundraising event in Ireland to help raise money for his wife, Hilary's campaign to become US President.
The Clinton Campaign is understood to be planning to hold a fundraiser in Ireland to target Democrat supporters living in the country to help raise some of the 370 million euros needed to fund Mrs Clinton's election campaign.
The Clinton Campaign is currently raising money at the rate of around 9 million euros a month in the States.
The Republican and Democrat parties are expected to choose their presidential candidates in early 2008 before the election begins in November.
Irish-born New York publisher Niall O'Dowd, who is on the finance committee of the Clinton Campaign team told reporters: "I know there is a plan by the Clinton Campaign to hold a fundraiser in Ireland for American citizens and green card holders.
"There is a view that raising money abroad is actually an option now because there is such intense pressure to raise money within the US for all the political parties.
"A fundraiser in Ireland could actually work very well for Hilary Clinton because there is a tremendous amount of support among ex-pat Americans here for her."
It is not clear if fellow Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama, who has ancestral links to Monegall in Co. Tipperary, has any plans to fundraise in Ireland.
(KMcA)
The Clinton Campaign is understood to be planning to hold a fundraiser in Ireland to target Democrat supporters living in the country to help raise some of the 370 million euros needed to fund Mrs Clinton's election campaign.
The Clinton Campaign is currently raising money at the rate of around 9 million euros a month in the States.
The Republican and Democrat parties are expected to choose their presidential candidates in early 2008 before the election begins in November.
Irish-born New York publisher Niall O'Dowd, who is on the finance committee of the Clinton Campaign team told reporters: "I know there is a plan by the Clinton Campaign to hold a fundraiser in Ireland for American citizens and green card holders.
"There is a view that raising money abroad is actually an option now because there is such intense pressure to raise money within the US for all the political parties.
"A fundraiser in Ireland could actually work very well for Hilary Clinton because there is a tremendous amount of support among ex-pat Americans here for her."
It is not clear if fellow Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama, who has ancestral links to Monegall in Co. Tipperary, has any plans to fundraise in Ireland.
(KMcA)
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