This is sort of off the topic of the mayoral campaign but at the end of the story in today's Daily News about Presidents Clinton and Bush coming to town to raise money for candidates, it mentions that at the Santorum fundraiser for Rick Santorum:
Tickets for the event are going for $1,000. For a photo opportunity with Bush and Santorum, it's $5,000.
Earlier in the same story, the writers made the point that:
For $2,100, the maximum contribution to a congressional candidate, supporters get into a VIP reception at which they can have their pictures taken with Clinton.
If $2,100 is the max, then who are the people that are paying $5000 to get their pictures taken with Santorum and Bush giving their money to?
Meanwhile, back on the topic of the mayor's race, the Daily News ed board agrees with the decision of Fattah's lawyers that he can't use the money he raises today for a possible mayoral run. But that begs the question: if he's not using the money to run for mayor and he's really got no credible opponent in his race for re-election to Congress, then what is he planning on doing with all that cash?