Political Fundraiser

I attended my first political fundraiser last night. Andrew Cuomo, running for NY Attorney general, had former President Bill Clinton for support. The crowd was full of rich looking New Yorker Democrats. I have never been to a Republican fundraiser but I cannot imagine that the crowd would look any different. There were lots of suits and very few people of color. Cuomo served in various roles in HUD for the entire Clinton term. He has never won a major office. He spoke smoothly but not quite convincingly. Clinton was clearly the draw. From his speech you would think that Cuomo was running to replace some right wing Republican and not Elliot Spitzer. Clinton feels that because the direction of the country has gone so far off, the Democrats will take significant seats in this election. He stated that most of the Democrats running in Kansas are former Republicans. He did not state how this will impact the direction of the Democratic party.