Monday, May 17, 2004
Bush Visits Buckhead Today
Bush mines rich vein in Buckhead
Presidential visit to Home Depot CEO Robert Nardelli's home expected to raise $2 million-plus for Bush campaign.
AJC-BEN SMITH & TOM BAXTER: The Buckhead ZIP code that has given more campaign money to President Bush than any other in Georgia will host the commander-in-chief for a fund-raiser today.
Nardelli's ZIP code, 30327, has donated a larger share of the $5.5 million given by Georgians to Bush than any other address in the state.
Robert Nardelli, chief executive officer of Home Depot, will host the president and his supporters at his mansion just north of Mount Paran Road.
If it goes well for the president, he will leave Atlanta with at least $2.25 million in new donations for his campaign war chest, which surpassed the $200 million mark in April. That's if the 300 people who are expected for the $15,000-a-couple dinner actually attend.
The sum, cited by state Republican officials, doesn't include a $4,000-a-couple reception and the additional $50,000 supporters must cough up to his campaign or his party to sit at the president's table.
"Bob Nardelli is a very strong and respected businessman, and he and Mike Eskew, [CEO] of UPS, have been very much involved in putting this thing together," said U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.).
"It's a shot in the arm when you have the president of the United States come down. It bodes well for all of our candidates around the state."
Earlier in the day, Vice President Dick Cheney is scheduled to appear at a fund-raising event outside Savannah on behalf of U.S. Rep. Max Burns (R-Ga.).
Also among the invited is an A-list of Atlanta business leaders including Georgia-Pacific Co. Chief Executive A.D. "Pete" Correll, Coca-Cola Co. board member Don Keough, Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus, SunTrust CEO Phil Humann and Reynolds Plantation co-developer Jamie Reynolds.
Presidential visit to Home Depot CEO Robert Nardelli's home expected to raise $2 million-plus for Bush campaign.
AJC-BEN SMITH & TOM BAXTER: The Buckhead ZIP code that has given more campaign money to President Bush than any other in Georgia will host the commander-in-chief for a fund-raiser today.
Nardelli's ZIP code, 30327, has donated a larger share of the $5.5 million given by Georgians to Bush than any other address in the state.
Robert Nardelli, chief executive officer of Home Depot, will host the president and his supporters at his mansion just north of Mount Paran Road.
If it goes well for the president, he will leave Atlanta with at least $2.25 million in new donations for his campaign war chest, which surpassed the $200 million mark in April. That's if the 300 people who are expected for the $15,000-a-couple dinner actually attend.
The sum, cited by state Republican officials, doesn't include a $4,000-a-couple reception and the additional $50,000 supporters must cough up to his campaign or his party to sit at the president's table.
"Bob Nardelli is a very strong and respected businessman, and he and Mike Eskew, [CEO] of UPS, have been very much involved in putting this thing together," said U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.).
"It's a shot in the arm when you have the president of the United States come down. It bodes well for all of our candidates around the state."
Earlier in the day, Vice President Dick Cheney is scheduled to appear at a fund-raising event outside Savannah on behalf of U.S. Rep. Max Burns (R-Ga.).
Also among the invited is an A-list of Atlanta business leaders including Georgia-Pacific Co. Chief Executive A.D. "Pete" Correll, Coca-Cola Co. board member Don Keough, Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus, SunTrust CEO Phil Humann and Reynolds Plantation co-developer Jamie Reynolds.
