From the N.Y. Times: Sure, there are exclusive staples: P. Diddy’s white party;
the Apollo in the Hamptons benefit (225 attendees who pay as much as $125,000 a
table); and the Hampton Classic, Long Island’s answer to Royal Ascot. But nothing says “I’m kind of a big deal”
like attending one of the quadrennial presidential fund-raisers, which are the
social events of the season for well-heeled Hamptonites willing to pay a local
carpenter’s annual salary — or much more — to hobnob with a sitting or
potential president.
Yet for one important subset of the East End political
class, Democrats, there will be no big-ticket presidential soiree this year.
There will be no beachside bragging rights (“I was telling Barack just last
night”) and, perhaps as important, no chance to make a casual if expensive
suggestion for lighter industry regulations, better campaign commercials or a
tweak in his approach to Israel.
For now, they will have to be content with memories of
soirees past: John Kerry…
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