Domenici fundraiser with Bush to be at mayor's home

Posted 8/07/2007 10:21:00 AM

A fundraiser later this month for U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici that will be attended by President Bush will be held at the home of the mayor of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, a community surrounded on all sides by the state’s largest city.

The fundraiser will be held Aug. 27, according to the invitation, at the home of Mayor Larry Abraham, a registered independent.

“It’s a historic moment for the entire village and our family,” the mayor told the Albuquerque Tribune. “We’re honored to help Pete. He’s an asset to the whole state of New Mexico.”

It will cost $1,000 to get in to the reception and $5,000 to have a photo taken with the president.

The private setting is probably the best possible scenario for Domenici. He’ll benefit from Bush’s fundraising ability but there will be less attention than in a public setting on the event and a visit by a president whose war is becoming increasingly less popular across the nation.

The purple-state senator recently broke with the hard-line president on the Iraq war and took a more moderate stance of beginning a withdrawal of combat troops next spring.