St. Paul Party Will Become Gulf Coast Fundraiser

Note: Please upgrade your Flash plug-in to view our enhanced subject matter. var thisObj = “flashobj083108X2v”; var so = new SWFObject(”http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/mmedia/player/wpniplayer_blog.swf”, thisObj, “454″, “305″, “8″, “#ffffff”); so.addParam(”allowScriptAccess”, “always”); so.addParam(”swfliveconnect”, true); so.addVariable(”thisObj”, thisObj); so.addVariable(”vid”,”083108-2v_title”); so.addVariable(”playads”, “yes”); so.addVariable(”adserv”,”"); so.addVariable(”autoStart”, “no”); so.write(”flashcontent083108X2v”); By Juliet Eilperin ST. PAUL — As Hurricane Gustav continued to threaten the Gulf Coast, GOP conference planners scrambled to convert festive political parties into charity fundraisers. Sen. John McCain’s campaign manager Rick Davis told reporters at an afternoon press

conference that the campaign will inform any corporate or individual party sponsors “to please be respectful of the situation in the Gulf” and to take every opportunity to raise money for potential hurricane victims rather than feting the GOP. Even before Davis spoke to the press one group — sponsors of a Monday night “Spirits of Minneapolis” event — sent out an e-mail informing partygoers that they have made “a collective

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