The Presidential photo-op is one of the biggest deals there can be in the political fund raising world, and photos with the President usually require a donation of $ 10,000 or more. Unless, of course, you’re talking about a President who becomes more unpopular by the day:
Gas prices may be up, but there’s something that’s apparently a little cheaper these days: A photo with President Bush. Yesterday, Bush headlined a fundraiser for the New Jersey state GOP, where donors could pay $5,000 to pose for a photo with the Commander in Chief. Expensive photo op, right? Well, that’s actually cheaper that what donors paid just a year ago for a grip and grin with Bush. Last summer, GOP officials around the country charged at least $10,000 a pop for presidential photo op, a bargain compared to the $25,000-a-flash Bush commanded during some Republican National Committee fund-raisers back in 2000 and 2004.
If George W. Bush were a stock on the NYSE, he’d be pretty inexpensive by now.
