Obama tickets discounted to $100 from $250

[Tucker]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0210/Obama_tickets_discounted_to_100.html

February 01, 2010
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Obama tickets discounted to $100

A colleague forwards on the latest invitation to President Obama's big fundraiser for the DNC this week at the Capitol Hilton, along with a new, discounted rate for guests under 40: A mere $100.

That's discounted from $250, and pretty low for an event with the President of the United States.

UPDATE: A young Obama supporter emails: "They specifically targeted at 'Gen44' members -- the DNC's new young professional arm. It's an effort to re-engage the momentum and energy of the youth movement that brought Obama into office."

UPDATE: A party source emails, "The word 'discount' makes it seem as if tix weren’t moving/we weren’t attracting money. It’s important to note that there’s a high dollar event as well. And on the low dollar event, We didn’t discount the 250 to 100. We’re continuing to sell $250 level too. We’ve always intended to have a block for $100 level. It has been and will continue to be important to us to open this up to a wide range of people. We did the same last year at an event at the Warner."

That's the official spin. The rest of the story is that nobody, and I mean nobody wants to hear a teleprompter with a mouth behind it.

[cavegal]

 

[Hawkgirl]

Maybe they should get Ryan Seacrest to advertise for them on his Twitter account. 

[seabelle]

Love the comments, especially "throw in 2 Super Bowl tickets and maybe I'll give him $100"   

[Ptarmigan]

How about $100 tickets and a free pony.

[Chris_]

$100 and buy me a house.... maybe I'll go.