It's one Hil(lary) of a target! Big fund-raiser in NYC is a step toward 75M goal [View All]

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NY Daily News Exclusive: It's one Hil(lary) of a target!
Big fund-raiser in city is a step toward 75M goal
BY MICHAEL McAULIFF
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU

Washington -- Sen. Hillary Clinton is firing up her first major fund-raiser in New York this week, launching a money marathon to underwrite what could be the most expensive presidential campaign ever.

Clinton and husband Bill hit the phones to donors the day the senator declared her 2008 candidacy two weeks ago, aides said, but it will take lots of big-bucks bashes to score the $75 million that Camp Clinton wants to raise this year.

"Both Barack Obama and John Edwards are going to raise a lot of money in this year and this quarter," said Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson, referring to the Illinois senator and the 2004 veep nominee. "We'll do what we can to be competitive."

Inner-circle advisers will meet Wednesday for a strategy consultation. Then the big nets are being thrown in the water Friday.

First, Clinton is holding a closed-door powwow at a Manhattan law office, where would-be "HillRaisers" in Clinton's New York/New Jersey/Connecticut finance committee will be asked to commit to raising a minimum of $25,000 each.

After that, the New York senator will host a "conversation" at tony Cipriani for the "under-45 effort."...

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