Famed Chicago Sun-Times movie critic Roger Ebert died yesterday, taking with him the vast majority of mankind's opinion on film. Whether he was critiquing bombs like Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo ("Speaking in my official capacity as a Pulitzer Prize winner, Mr. Schneider, your movie sucks."), or praising an all-time great like Citizen Kane ("It is one of the miracles of cinema that in 1941 a first-time director; a cynical, hard-drinking writer; an innovative cinematographer, and a group of New York stage and radio actors were given the keys to a studio and total control, and made a masterpiece."), Ebert will ...
Next week Congress continues its extended Easter break, because, you know, members almost had to work a whole month straight! Luckily for you Party Time never takes a week off, but that does mean the calendar is still looking slimmer than usual. However, the parties that are scheduled for next week have some serious heavy hitters involved -- Barack "Partier-In-Chief" Obama, Marco "I lost the presidency because I forgot how to drink" Rubio and Cory "What's Newark?" Booker. Check out the highlights below. Obama Cashes In While Out West Last month the President announced he would be back on the ...
If you followed Party Time on Twitter (and you should!), you would have known about the fundraising monstrosity that is the Annual NRCC March Summit and Dinner. With asking prices stretching up to $100,000, it's no surprise that the event picked up a staggering $12 million last year, but this year the NRCC surpassed that by raking in an astronomical $14.4 millions dollars! To put it in perspective, that's more than the NRCC raised in the past three months, and almost seven times more than what the NRSC raised for the entire month of February! What could you do with ...
When the NCAA men's basketball tournament roars into DC next week, the scoring won't be done solely on the court. At least eight March Madness-themed political fundraisers, some of which cost up to $5,000 a head, have surfaced in the Party Time database. Know about more? You know what to do. The brackets are set, and lawmakers are taking advantage of the East Regionals -- featuring No. 1 seed Indiana -- tipping off at the Verizon Center in nearby Chinatown. With a single seat running upwards of $1,500 (and most already sold out), politicians aren't letting such a hot ticket ...
Sure, there's a new pope and he's very humble and nice and all, but Party Time is more excited for the return of another nearly omnipotent figure -- the Partier-In-Chief! Yes, President and heavyweight champion fundraiser Barack Obama is back, heading West for a Democratic gold rush in early April. The swing will retire some DNC debt and generate some cash for the DCCC as it launches into the 2014 midterm battle. Buzzfeed obtained an email sent by Bay Area Democrats Chair Wade Randlett describing the events: An April 4 brunch with a remarkable $32,000 price tag, as well as ...