WOW! The Decider is now the "StealthStumper"...he's gon' do it behind closed DOORS, Stretch! OMFG!

Bush begins raising money for McCain

Bush begins raising money for McCain, behind closed doors

JENNIFER LOVEN
AP News

May 23, 2008 12:44 EST



http://www.rawstory.com/news/mochila/Bush_begins_raising_money_for_McCai_05232008.html

President Bush starts raising money for John McCain's campaign next week, but the three fundraisers are closed, so there will be no news media cameras photographing the outgoing and incoming Republican party leaders together nor reporters observing their joint appearances.

The White House announced Friday that Bush will be the main attraction at three McCain events next week — in Phoenix, Salt Lake City and Park City, Utah. In addition to building up the McCain campaign account, the fundraisers will also benefit the national Republican Party, White House spokesman Tony Fratto said.

All are being held in private residences, McCain was expected to attend the one in Phoenix, said another White House spokesman, Scott Stanzel. During the Bush presidency, fundraisers in private homes have almost always been held out of view of the public and the press, and Fratto said it would be no different this time. Former President Clinton sometimes allowed the press into such fundraising settings.

Bush's low approval ratings have raised questions about whether he will help or hurt McCain, especially as the Democratic candidates have argued that a McCain administration would amount to a third Bush term. In the latest Associated Press-Ipsos poll last month, 28 percent approved of the job Bush is doing, his lowest rating ever in the survey.