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Politics : WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2004 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PROLIFE who wrote (5595)	10/19/2003 12:16:42 PM
From: Glenn Petersen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10965

Iowa Democrats to Hold Another Clinton Show, Irking Some Candidates Sunday, October 19, 2003; Page A04 washingtonpost.com The Iowa Democratic Party's annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner is next month's political event of the century. It's a golden chance for some presidential candidate to grab the attention and imagination of the nation's media -- and a fair percentage of the likely voters in the Iowa caucuses not 10 weeks thence. So some of the nine candidates for the Democratic nomination are privately steamed that the star of the Nov. 15 dinner will be . . . Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.). "Outrageous," one Democratic source said. This is not the first time a Clinton overshadowed the field in Iowa. In September, the candidates schlepped to Sen. Tom Harkin's annual steak fry to play supporting roles in former president Bill Clinton's show. State party Chairman Gordon Fischer insists the candidates should actually be thrilled. "This is the penultimate statement that she is not running herself," he said of the former first lady, who remains the dream candidate of many party loyalists. "She wouldn't come to emcee this dinner if there was a ghost of a chance that she was going to run. She will be introducing each of the candidates and will be required to say flattering things about them." Miffed or not, eight of the nine Democratic aspirants have said they will attend the dinner, where they will have about five minutes each to pitch themselves. Fischer is still hoping to hear from the ninth, Al Sharpton. Why invite another Clinton? Fischer can cite nearly 9,000 reasons. The party sold that many tickets to the dinner in a mere 50 hours, at prices ranging from $40 for a nosebleed seat to $750 per plate at the best tables. Hillary Clinton has also agreed to be the draw at two receptions before the event and at a post-dinner soiree. After a pause to allow donors to hit the ATM, the New York senator will appear the morning after at a brunch to benefit her political action committee. <snip>