Get a Chance for Dinner With Obama for $3

[LuvNewcastle]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-campaign-lowers-entry-cost-contest-awarding-dinner-204503626.html

On paper, it looks like President Obama may be turning into a cheap date. His re-election campaign is shifting downward the already-low contribution threshold for small donors seeking a chance to have dinner with the president.

The Obama campaign has been offering donors of $5 or more a chance to win a dinner with the president. But today, the campaign sent supporters a message from First Lady Michele Obama lowering the price to donations of $3 or more.

"These dinners mean a lot to Barack. They're a chance for him to talk with a few of the people who are driving the campaign--and a chance for him to say thank you," Michele Obama's email reads. "So come prepared to tell your story, and say whatever's on your mind. Don't miss the opportunity to be there. Donate $3 or more today, before the Sept. 30th deadline."

The shift presents an inviting opening for late-night talkshow hosts and GOP presidential hopefuls to crack wise about the sour state of the economy in the Obama years. In reality, though, there's a more likely--and mundane--inside-the-Beltway explanation for the downgraded barrier to entry in the Obama dinner sweepstakes: the Obama campaign's need to boost third-quarter fundraising totals among small donors.

[AtomicKitten]

1. Somebody posted a link in GD-P a couple weeks ago to enter the contest without paying anything.

[FBaggins]

3. Well yeah... That's the law

No purchase necessary...void where prohibited.

[LuvNewcastle]

4. Damn! I'll have to check that out.

I guess I could afford 3 dollars, though, even on my budget.

[FBaggins]

2. Will there be scratch-off tickets?

Maybe some tv commercials showing people winning?

[LuvNewcastle]

5. They could do it like PCH and have

you watch a bunch of campaign commercials for more chances to win. You could spin the wheel for different activities with him, such as golf, a movie, a night out at a bar, or a weekend at Martha's Vineyard for the grand prize. This could be interesting.

[PADemD]

6. No, thanks.

I'd have to fly and go through TSA groping.

[justiceischeap]

7. I'm having 'dinner with Obama' for free on Saturday.

Unless you count the cost of my formal shirt I had to buy.

[elocs]

8. I fully intend to vote for Obama but I have zero desire to have dinner with him.

But that's just me. I'm a homebody and have no desire to go out anywhere to have dinner with anyone.