New England swing: Lunch, dinner and two rallies with big crowds expected...President Obama today travels to Vermont and Maine for four different fundraisers, two each in the tiny states at the top of the East Coast. The two lower-priced events, one in each state, are expected to draw thousands of donors. The other two events, a luncheon in Vermont and a dinner in Portland, are at a higher price point, and have smaller numbers of guests expected.
The events are the last fundraisers before Saturday's monthly and quarterly campaign fundraising deadline, and Obama for America has been busily pushing for donations via e-mail pleas.
President Obama is the first sitting Commander in Chief to visit Vermont since 1995. He begins his fundraising day at 1:15 PM, when he'll attend a $7,500/plate luncheon in Burlington, VT, at the Sheraton Burlington Hotel. About 100 donors are expected, according to campaign officials.
At 2:25 PM there's a college concert for the youth vote: Local rockers Grace Potter and the Nocturnals will play at a fundraiser at the University of Vermont in Burlington, which is expected to draw 4,500 supporters. General admission tickets begin at $100 and go up.
In Maine at 5:15 PM, the President will headline another big fundraiser, a rally at Portland's Southern Maine Community College. About 1,800 supporters are expected, with tickets ranging $100 for general admission to $10,000 for donors who will get to have their photo taken with the President.
At 7:20 PM the President will attend a fundraising reception and then a dinner at the Portland Museum of Art. About 120 people are expected to attend the dinner, with tickets going for $35,800. Reception tickets begin at $7,500.
*Photo by Chuck Kennedy/White House
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