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Romney raises Austin money for Cornyn
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, juiced his already-bulging campaign kitty Friday with a fund-raiser in Austin featuring Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who might prove to be Sen. John McCain’s vice presidential choice.
Word is that Romney has a reunion of Texas donors in Houston on Friday night, to be followed by an event raising money for McCain’s campaign on Saturday.
U.S. Reps. John Carter, R-Round Rock, and Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, were among the 45 people at the event at Austin’s Headliners Club, helping the campaign raise about $50,000.
Kevin McLaughlin, Cornyn’s campaign spokesman, said: “We’re always looking for creative ways to raise money. We are not shy about asking people for money.”
I wondered if former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, the Republican who outlasted Romney in the presidential race, is next up for a private shindig with Cornyn. He’s not.
Tony Gray, a spokesman for the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee, state Rep. Rick Noriega, was unaware of Romney pausing to help Cornyn. “More evidence that his machine is out there moving and working,” Gray said.
Gray said the blogosphere has gone nuts over a new poll suggesting Cornyn is barely ahead of Noriega. Peek at it here.
McLaughlin said he was “flummoxed/dumbfounded/perplexed” by some of the poll results including an indication that Noriega is better known in Texas than Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
“I find it hard to take a poll seriously conducted by Daily Kos that finds a state representative in Texas is better known than Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton,” McLaughlin said.
Gray said there was no intent to cut the Texas press out of a national conference call Noriega’s campaign did to tout the poll at midday Friday. The campaign’s new strategic communications firm sent out notice of the call from a national press list, he said.
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By Lori
May 9, 2008 3:59 PM | Link to this
Loved the comment about Huckabee not invited. Romney clearly is preferred for raising campaign cash. He raised more than any Republican candidate. He has know-how and Cornyn recognizes who is the face of the party future. Its Romney. He’s a good man, working hard for others.