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April 25, 2000 | NEW YORK -- Monday night, roughly 1,000 assorted businesspeople and political operatives packed into the Sheraton New York to hear Tipper Gore, Hillary Rodham Clinton, President Clinton and Gore speechify before a $1,000-a-head fund-raiser for the Democratic National Committee -- an event expected to net $2.2 million for the party. Sitting below enormous chandeliers in a second-floor ballroom, the guests munched on grilled vegetables and filet mignon and were entertained by singer Tony Bennett and comedian Jon Stewart. ("After we eat we're going to have a separate performance: Donna Hanover [Rudy Giuliani's wife] will be performing 'The Vagina Monologues,'" cracked Stewart. "Enjoy it while you can before the mayor cuts off the funding.")
DNC general chairmain Ed Rendell kicked off the evening's speeches, paying tribute to the various Democratic fat cats in attendance, such as venture capitalist Alan Patricof, hotelier Jonathan Tisch and investment banker Steven Rattner. He boasted that the DNC "ended up the first quarter of this year with more money than the Republican National Committee" -- to loud applause. Tipper Gore provided a few words before introducing Hillary Clinton to a standing ovation. The first lady waxed wistful, recalling that day's Easter Egg Roll on the White House lawn, the Clintons' last such egg roll as the first couple. And she recalled campaigning with the Gores in 1992. Standing at the presidential podium, before a bright blue screen, she then turned to the matter at hand, her Senate race against Mayor Giuliani: "With so many Democratic New Yorkers in the House, I just have to say one special word about how important it is that we elect a Democrat to succeed Daniel Patrick Moynihan." Applause. "We do not need any more Republicans in the United States Senate," she added, raising the specters of exploding deficits from the 1980s and destructive disinvestment. "And you all know that in order to get anything done in the Senate, it takes teamwork," she added. "If you go to the Senate, you disagree with a fellow senator -- you can ask the vice president; he was there working so hard and effectively for all those years -- you can't sue or fire your colleagues. You have to get along." She then introduced her husband as "the person who really has made it all possible." The last time the president and the vice president appeared together -- at a major fund-raiser in Los Angeles last week -- Gore raised eyebrows with seemingly backhanded compliments about Clinton. ("Of all the criticisms of President Clinton that I've heard, the one that rings the most hollow is that he has pushed small ideas, little proposals," Gore said.)
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