The three Hillary Clinton supporters chosen in a fundraising contest to watch last week's debate with Bill Clinton heaped praise on the New York senator in an online video released by the campaign and shown below.
The Clinton campaign refused to reveal how much the supporters donated, but it was less than $200 each and does not require disclosure in Clinton's FEC report. The campaign also declined to provide contact information for the debate watchers. Their full names — but little else — are detailed in the video.
After a close listen to the supporters interacting with the former president, I caught their home states. There was David Monterosso of Illinois, Glenda Moore of Kansas and Clare Beaumont of Houston, Texas. None have listed phone numbers.
We found a C.P. Monterosso of Plainfield, Ill., and I decided to give him a call to see if he could help me track down David. Boy was he surprised when I explained to him I was hoping he was related to someone featured in a video supporting Hillary Clinton.
"Ha," Monterosso laughed when reached yesterday. "I grew up in a Democratic household but I'm not supporting Clinton. We need somebody different than a Clinton or a Bush, that's for sure."
No luck so far tracking down the supporters to chat about their experience with the former president.
Here's the Clinton debate watch video, released yesterday:
If you are reading this, Glenda, Clare and David, feel free to drop me a line to tell me about your experience.
Contrast that with this clip from Sen. Barack Obama holding his own dinner contest and interacting with winners of his fundraising contest. He jokes about the staged effect of setting up the dinner for photographers to snap a few shots.
--Christina Bellantoni, national political reporter, The Washington Times