VPOTUS Pool report
\nMarch 24, 2010
\nJustin Fenton
\nThe Baltimore Sun
\nJustin.fenton@baltsun.com<\/p>\n
\nVPOTUS spoke at a fundraising reception at the home of Baltimore-based developer
\nDavid S. Cordish, addressing his open mic gaffe from Tuesday and predicting some
\nDemocratic losses in November.<\/p>\n
With former Sen. Paul Sarbanes (D- Md) in attendance, he said, “I would have
\nnever made the faux pas I made the other day if you [Sarbanes] were still
\naround.” He said all he could think after he learned the comment had been
\npicked up was “Thank God my mom’s not …”; the rest of comment was drowned out by
\nlaughter. <\/p>\n
He said POTUS said at the morning presidential briefing: “You know what the best
\nthing about yesterday was? Joe’s comment.” He also said POTUS told him that he
\nattempted to have a t-shirt made with his remark emblazoned on it but couldn’t
\nget it in time. <\/p>\n
He told the crowd that he told POTUS: “If you thought it was so good, why didn’t
\nyou say it?” <\/p>\n
Talked about recent health care legislation being passed. “The thing this
\nportends the most is that this country is capable of handling complex,
\nideological divisive, consequential issues. If we were unable to move the ball
\non this issue, not only in the political sense might we be dead… But in terms
\nof being able to deal with other major issues on our plate, we would’ve been
\ndone. Absolutely done.”<\/p>\n
“What happened two days ago represents fundamental change in an incredibly,
\nincredibly difficult political environment.”<\/p>\n
He said “reports of the demise of the Democratic party in November are
\npremature,” to applause, but also predicted Democratic losses in the fall. He
\nsaid he would be more specific if not for the reporter in the room.<\/p>\n
“We’re going to have losses. … Barack generated such an overwhelming turnout
\nand enthusiasm, that we had the biggest turnout in history. It was gigantic. And
\na lot of really good Democrats got washed up on shore and all of a sudden were
\nCongressmen, in districts that Democrats have no business having Congressmen.
\nI’m not here to tell you we’re gaining seats. But I’m telling you, we’re going
\nto go into the second half of our administration, with a solid Democratic
\nmajority in the House and the Senate, and with the wind at our backs.”<\/p>\n
He said Republicans were dishonest about their interest in health care. “The ace
\nwe have in our pocket is the Republican party. The Republicans concluded that
\ntheir success lies in our failure.”<\/p>\n
He claimed that he knows of at least seven senators who want to vote with
\nDemocrats but were instructed by the party not to. “The American people are
\nsmart. They smell a rat. They know there was nothing about trying to get a
\nbetter bill.”<\/p>\n
About 60 people attended the fundraiser at Cordish’s home in Lutherville, just
\nnorth of Baltimore. Ticket prices started at $2,500 per person.<\/p>\n
On the menu: mixed greens salad, fresh grilled vegetables, saffron infused rice,
\nseafood Newberg with jumbo shrimp, fresh lobster, and fresh crab, blueberry
\ncrisp with vanilla ice cream. VPOTUS addressed crowd in a living room, walking
\nout from behind podium to talk from near the center of the room.<\/p>\n
In addition to Sarbanes, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake, a Democrat
\nwho recently became mayor after her predecessor was forced to step down as part
\nof a plea agreement, attended the event, hours after submitting a “doomsday”
\ncity budget to the city council. <\/p>\n
Your pool reporter awaited the beginning of the event by sitting in a 5-by-8
\nfoot, Asian-themed room with mirrors on the walls and family photos in small
\nframes. Cordish three times brought guests, including VPOTUS, into the room to
\nshow off a collection of books about opera singer Rosa Ponselle. <\/p>\n
Cordish’s privately held Cordish Co. helped reshape Baltimore’s Inner Harbor and
\nis one of the most acclaimed commercial developers in the country. His company
\nhas carried out successful projects in Houston, Charleston, S.C., and partnered
\nwith a Florida Seminole Indian tribe to build casinos in Tampa and Hollywood,
\nFla.
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