DOES BREAD GO WITH THAT CIRCUS?:

Top donors will mingle with W.H. staff (LISA LERER, 12/16/08, Politico)

President-elect Barack Obama’s team is holding fundraisers to raise money for its transition efforts, with the star attractions its top incoming White House staff.

A $250 ticket to a Wednesday fundraiser hosted by Young Lawyers for Obama gives supporters the opportunity to mingle with Chris Lu, the transition’s executive director who will be the new White House Cabinet secretary; and Lisa Brown, the transition’s co-director of agency review who will be the White House staff secretary.

For $2,500, backers also get admission to a Jan. 6 fundraiser with campaign manager David Plouffe. Lu and Brown, who “will share their thoughts on the transition and what we can expect when President-Elect Obama is sworn in,” according to an e-mail solicitation.

The fundraisers are the latest in a spate of efforts by Obama’s team to raise money for transition efforts and what’s likely to be the most expensive inauguration in history.

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Posted by Orrin Judd at December 17, 2008 10:57 AM