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Thursday, August 7, 2008

Partying at the political conventions

By Ken Herman | Thursday, August 7, 2008, 02:58 PM

Here’s what the Sunlight Foundation, a Washington watchdog group, knows so far about the parties for the parties at the upcoming national political conventions: There will be a lot of them and a lot of corporate dollars will be spent on them.

“As part of its about-to-be-launched Party Time project, the Sunlight Foundation has obtained lists of 370 parties and events scheduled for the Democratic and Republican conventions, sponsored by the likes of Bank of America, the Distilled Spirits Council, Eli Lilly, AT&T, and Anheuser Busch,” the organization said today.

“If you are looking for a good time, the conventions are still a good bet if you’re a political insider,” said Nancy Watzman, director of the Sunlight Foundation’s Party Time project. “Many of these events are invitation only, created as a way for high level politicians to rub shoulders with lobbyists and others with an interest in what happens once they are elected.”

See the GOP convention list here

See the Democratic convention list here

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