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Obama Headlines Reid's $2M Vegas Fundraiser

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(Newser) – President Obama jetted to Las Vegas yesterday for a glitzy fundraiser for Harry Reid, the Washington Post reports. Aides estimate the shindig, which cost revelers between $50 and $2,400, pulled in $2 million for Reid’s contentious reelection battle. Though Obama and Reid haven’t always seen eye-to-eye, Obama is counting on Reid to shepherd his ambitious agenda through the Senate.

The fundraiser, which also starred Sheryl Crow and Bette Midler, will boost Reid’s war chest by 40%. It also might mollify critics outraged by Obama’s February remark that TARP recipients “can’t go take a trip to Las Vegas…on the taxpayers’ dime.” Among those peeved: Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons, who refused to meet with Obama.

President Barack Obama leaves the stage at a fundraising event for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nev., Tuesday, May 26, 2009.
President Barack Obama leaves the stage at a fundraising event for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nev., Tuesday, May 26, 2009.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Obama stands with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., at a fundraising event at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nev., Tuesday, May 26, 2009.
President Obama stands with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., at a fundraising event at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nev., Tuesday, May 26, 2009.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Barack Obama is greeted by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., as he arrives in Las Vegas, Tuesday, May 26, 2009.
President Barack Obama is greeted by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., as he arrives in Las Vegas, Tuesday, May 26, 2009.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Barack Obama is embraced by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., as he arrives in Las Vegas, Tuesday, May 26, 2009.
President Barack Obama is embraced by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., as he arrives in Las Vegas, Tuesday, May 26, 2009.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Obama waits off stage as he is introduced by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., at a fundraising event at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nev., Tuesday, May 26, 2009.
President Obama waits off stage as he is introduced by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., at a fundraising event at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nev., Tuesday, May 26, 2009.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Barack Obama stands with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., at a fundraising event at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nev., Tuesday, May 26, 2009.
President Barack Obama stands with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., at a fundraising event at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nev., Tuesday, May 26, 2009.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Barack Obama speaks at a fundraising event for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nev., Tuesday, May 26, 2009.
President Barack Obama speaks at a fundraising event for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nev., Tuesday, May 26, 2009.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Barack Obama speaks at a fundraising event for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nev., Tuesday, May 26, 2009.
President Barack Obama speaks at a fundraising event for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nev., Tuesday, May 26, 2009.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Obama speaks at a fundraising event for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nev., Tuesday, May 26, 2009.
President Obama speaks at a fundraising event for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nev., Tuesday, May 26, 2009.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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TerrifiedCitizen
May 27, 09 11:50 AM CDT
Well... the proof's in the pudding, and politics are still politics. So, what are the options facing us to start fixing all this? Reply
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Mad
May 27, 09 12:46 PM CDT
'Fixing' what? Getting Reid re-elected?
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DeniseVB
May 27, 09 1:16 PM CDT
I wouldn't mind seeing new leadership in Congress. Surely there are better Dems than Reid and Pelosi? Reply
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justme
May 27, 09 3:22 PM CDT
I wondered why Reid didn't join Pelosi on the "Didn't know about torture" Thing. This was why. Reply
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ObamaBinBiden
May 27, 09 7:54 PM CDT
Newt, please run in 2012, and save the world from President Pelosi and the teleprompter dependent turd. Reply
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