Published 8/27/2008
by Domenico Montanaro
at First Read
The McCain campaign may contend that Obama is the "biggest celebrity" in the presidential race, NBC/NJ’s Adam Aigner-Treworgy notes, but its candidate has spent most of this week hobnobbing with as many GOP celebrities as his campaign can find. On Monday, McCain kicked off the Democratic Convention with an endorsement from Puerto Rican Reggaeton star Daddy Yankee. He then hopped on a plane to fly up north for a fundraiser in Sacramento with Patricia Heaton (from “Everybody Loves Raymond”) and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Heaton then traveled to Burbank, CA on McCain's Straight Talk Jet Monday afternoon to attend a fundraiser at the Beverly Hilton featuring stars from both big and small screens. Those in attendance included Robert Duvall, Gary Sinise, Stephen Baldwin, Craig T. Nelson, Dean Cain (Lois and Clark), Jon Cryer, and long-time McCain supporter Wilford Brimley. Then on Tuesday, McCain raised money in his hometown of Phoenix and was introduced by TV and movie star Angie Harmon and her husband, ...
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