Barbra Streisand To Sing At $28,500 Per Seat Obama Fundraiser

Singer-actress Barbra Streisand, who originally endorsed Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential primary race, has jumped on Barack Obama's bandwagon with both feet to sing for the newly anointed Democratic nominee at a Beverly Hills fund-raiser next week. Organizers say the hurriedly planned Sept. 16 event will probably mark Obama's final stop on the Hollywood political money trail before the November election.

According to political consultant Andy Spahn, a co-host of the fund-raiser, the evening will begin with a dinner for the Illinois senator and about 250 guests at the landmark Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills. Dinner will be followed by a reception in Obama's honor at the main ballroom of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, featuring a performance by Streisand and others. The ballroom holds a crowd of up to 800 people.

Seats for the dinner and reception together go for a whopping $28,500 per person, but supporters who just want to hear Babs sing for Obama can get in for as little as $2,500 per ticket, Spahn said. At those prices, the two-part event could bring in nearly $9 million, making it the biggest single Democratic fund-raiser for the current election cycle. The money would be divided between Obama's campaign and the Democratic National Committee.

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[GeorgeP922]

I LOVE OUR PARTY!

TALK ABOUT A BIG TENT!

I barely know her music, although I remember her from growing days (Im 29)

But wow, you go girl !

Like so many celebs you could bathe in pools of money, but no, you put yourself out there for the greater good

thank you

[sueno]

Barbra Streisand is a great American, a great NY'er and a great democrat.
She always been a great supporter of the party and we owe her our thanks.

[SCG2]

Agreed.

[spiderbucket]

As irrelevant as Liberace. We can do better than this. She's in the same category as Bon Jovi - shite.

[rlk42]

Yeah. So irrelevant that this benefit will make 9 million dollars for Obama and the DNC. So irrelevant that people pay all that money to hear her sing. So irrelevant that she'll be one of this year's recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors. Let's talk about irrelevant - Bo Derek, Patricia Heaton, Kelsey Grammar, Ted Nugent, etc... - Republican'ts and all irrelevant.

[sammy50]

And which is the party of the rich??

[nellie]

Which party is always cutting taxes for millionaires who don't need tax cuts and don't ask for them?

[lippp]

Uh, Cindy McCain wore $300,000 and Laura $200,000 for their ONE NIGHT at the Republican Convention. That was just their outfits. No contest. Republicans love their money and their lobbyists to get them more. Ever hear of the Keating 5?

[AngryMonkey]

The Republicans, did you forget.

[morticia]

YES WE ARE RICH rich in ways you wil never understand, all you know is $$$$

[indypete]

Che ney, the Boosh family, KBR, Exxon-Mobil, Lockheed-Martin, I could go on... fortunes that make 28 grand fundraisers look like pocket change. I should flag you for hypocrisy and stupidity.

[WFV]

Twenty eight five wouldn't accessorize Barbie for such an evening.

[Agentlady007]

I disagree.
http://marlbe.com/barbie.cfm?department=Robert%20Tonner&category=Tyler%20Boutique

[helloworld2008]

Great news!!!

I know she was a Hillary supporter, so I'm happy to see some unity.

And a reminder: go to barackobama.com and donate money NOW and volunteer. You can even do phone calls from home with their online tool.

So much is at stake that we have to mobilize.

[GeorgeP922]

Even if it is just 5$, seriously.

[Agentlady007]

Barbra will be singing for about 5$ a note.

[JDHART]

Please, Barbara, don't ... Democrats don't need any 'help from the Ivory Tower crowd. Thanks.

[Beachrunner]

Wow. Bad move. Babs didn't help Hillary one bit.

More fodder for Limbaugh. He's going to have a field day with this one.

[im10ashus]

Wow! Only if you listen to that airbag. And those who do would never vote Obama anyway. So limpballls and his thugs can all suck it.

The GOP is toast this year!

Obama/Biden '08

[colette]

Oh pul-eeze. Limbaugh would have a field day if Abraham Lincoln or Betsy Ross did a benefit for Obama.

The great thing about this is $$$ -- that $9 million is going to come in very handy, for hammering the Repubs via ads.....

[barackobama4prez]

Look, financial support is a real measurement of your support. Just like spending time passing out fliers and registering voters. Those who can spend that kinda cash to support their candidate, will. If I was paid I'd spend $30,000 to support my candidate. I believe in him.

[marymansour]

Go Barbra....­sing like a Nightingale for our guy. Many thanks!

Obama/Biden'08.

[zest]

Babs talent and loving heart made her rich and she judicously uses her clout to assist everyday Americans in the pursuit of equality.
Republicans' biggest industry is ripping off the American taxpayer ie. tax cuts for the rich, Haliburton, Blackwater, Keating Five and on and on and on.

[luvapetadopt]

Yikes, I know his campaign needs the money, but 28,500 a seat? It makes my little 25 bucks a month look pretty dang pathetic. We get upset when the Right calls him an elitist, but this fundraiser fits into that category..­..or maybe I am just jealous that I dont have that kind of money....

[TheNuff]

Every donation counts. From $1 to $1,000,000. It all counts.

[kdublya]

I'll look up to you if you become successful.

Go for it!

[Chicago jo]

If an Obama win is good for her and her crowd, it must not be good for me. I don’t have a 12,000 square foot barn into which I need to pump ac. This looks so bad for Obama.

[TakingBackTheUSA]

But 20k per plate dinners for the GOP is ok.

*sniff, sniff* I smell double standard.

[indypete]

No you don't, you smell blatant but normal republican hypocrisy.­.. call it what it is.

[MyOwnPerson]

Nope...jus­t poop!

[countryjoe8]

Mccain is holding an event in Hollywood in a few weeks where he will be charging $50,000 to have dinner and a photo with Palin.

[barackobama4prez]

yeah....de­ms act like high-profile celebrity dinners is NEW.

[spiderbucket]

Barbra Streisand - most overrated entertainer EVER. Please go away.

[levibatgirl]

You need to have your ears cleaned out.

[MargaretO]

Well since your favorite isprobably Minnie Pearl, that's not saying much.

[indypete]

You probably vote republican too, another measure of your stupidity.

[scouserinlondon]

They could probably have got you for half that amount!!

[spiderbucket]

Go back and review my comments and THEN make that stupid accusation. I bet you love broadway musicals too, huh ?

[Sportswoman]

Now that's a great Democrat!

[sasson]

I hope that some one can answer my question. How do these very expensive fund raising dinners work in light of campaign finance laws. Why do these dinners allow campaigns to get more from donors? Thanks.

[Pogopaws]

The short answer is that the funds are split between an individual candidate and the party in general.

[sasson]

Thanks. So can maxed out donors still attend such things?

[chagedorn]

Well, this negates the Obama/Biden "more of the same" argument against McCain/Palin in the minds of cultural conservatives. It's not nice, or fair, but they'll get a lot of mileage out of this -- and they even have a "hilarious" McCain sketch about Streisand from SNL to draw from.....

[leonidasofsparta]

They are the ones we've been waiting for . Now we can link B.O. and B. S. Victory is getting closer.

[countryjoe8]

I don't like that system and believe it needs to be greatly overhauled.

However, at the end of the day the name of the game is money. And if you don't raise enough, you have no shot at winning.

We might not like the way it is being done, but, if we don't do it we would be losing every 4 years.

If the dems are really serious about changing this system, they would have an opportunity to change it over the next 4 years if they control the house, senate and WH.