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Obama raises $700K for Democrats, visits Miami Beach deli
August 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment
BY BETH REINHARD
breinhard@MiamiHerald.com
President Barack Obama swooped into Florida for less than three hours Wednesday to pick up $700,000 for the Florida Democratic Party, and two corned-beef sandwiches on rye from a Miami Beach deli — to go.
Obama’s unannounced stop at Jerry’s Famous Deli brought crowds streaming onto Collins Avenue and allowed him to give an extra backslap to Democratic Senate candidate Kendrick Meek, who joined him at the deli counter.
Obama cheerfully posed for a picture with deli employees, just minutes after leaving a Fontainebleau hotel reception where a photo with him cost donors $10,000 apiece.
For Alex Sink, the Democratic front-runner for governor, the potential price for embracing the increasingly unpopular president was too steep. The state’s chief financial officer did not join Obama at the deli or greet him at Miami International Airport, and she had stepped off the stage by the time Sen. Bill Nelson introduced the president at the hotel.
Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/08/18/1782623/obama-raises-700k-for-dems-visits.html
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