Projo Politics Blog

U.S. Sen. Jack Reed has no 2008 opponent in sight, but as is his custom, the Democrat is taking no chances when it comes to raising campaign money.

On Sunday, Robert E. Rubin, President Bill Clinton’s treasury secretary, and Terry Murray, former chairman and CEO of Bank of America, are hosting a $1,000-per-person campaign fund-raiser at the home of Murray and his wife, Suzanne, on Whale Rock Road in Narragansett.

The list of sponsors is long and includes such Democratic Party stalwarts as former Providence Mayor Joseph R. Paolino Jr., party activists Jack and Sara McConnell, lobbyists Gerry Harrington and Rick McAuliffe and a heavy sprinkling of business types: beer magnate Paul Moran, developer Jim Procaccianti, construction executive Paul Choquette, former state economic development director Mike McMahon, Tom Ryan, CEO of CVS, utility executive Mike Ryan, banker Merrill Sherman, Ann Szostak, a retired Bank of America executive, and lawyers Bernie Buonanno and Sally Dowling.

Reed is a member of the Senate Banking Committee.

No specific dollar goal has been set for the event, said Chip Unruh, a Reed spokesman. Unruh said only that Reed is looking for a “successful event.’’

-- Journal staff writer Scott MacKay

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