Perry en su tradicional fuente de dólares

Después de recaudar dólares en Colorado y Oklahoma, Rick Perry celebra hoy sus primeros dos grandes eventos de recaudación de fondos (oficiales) en territorio de Texas: al mediodía una comida en Fort Worth y por la noche un gran evento en el Hotel Fairmont de Dallas dividido en tres partes según lo que se pague, con una recepción general para todos, una recepción VIP para los donantes más generosos, y una cena privada. Serán actos cerrados a la prensa.

KERA-TV de Dallas:

Perry is in north Texas today raising funds to fuel his Presidential bid. That's typical, says SMU Political Scientist Cal Jillson, because presidential hopefuls of any party come here for money. Perry has 20 years of Texas fundraising resources.

Jillson: He will make very heavy use of Texas because that's where his donor list is thickest, and so he can go around Texas and pick the low-hanging fruit.

Perry's spokesperson says fundraising events in Fort Worth and Dallas will be closed to the media. Jillson says that's typical too.

Jillson: Fundraising is to some extent is nasty business when you show it publicly. So the candidates like to speak directly to those who have the ability to give large amounts of money. And they don't necessarily want to be seen doing it, they want their public events public and their private events as private as possible.

Jillson says donors don't necessarily want to be seen publicly either. In addition, candidates sometimes say in private what they would not say in public.

Además de los eventos programados para esta semana, su campaña también ha confirmado seis eventos en California (San Diego, Los Angeles y Silicon Valley) para la segunda semana de septiembre.

El esquema será el mismo: entradas de 1,000 dólares para cenar, el máximo permitido de 2,500 por cabeza para tener recepción VIP y hacerse fotos con el candidato, y los recaudadores que consigan reunir personas que sumen más de 50,000 dólares tendrán ocasión de ser anfitriones de su propio evento y más privilegios VIP.