Romney donors enthused by event, Condi a hit

ABC:
 If the majority of donors who attend this weekend's gathering of hundreds of high dollar fundraisers go back home as fired up as Rodger Young, the Romney campaign will be in quite strong a financial position and the investment in time and effort for the event will be paid back many times over.
"I am going to bundle every penny I can bundle," said Young, a donor at this weekend's mixer for Romney donors, GOP stars, and Republican leaders.
Until this weekend, Young was merely a donor not a bundler, but that has now changed.
"I came here with the idea that we were all going to take on more financial responsibility and I am certainly prepared to do that for Gov. Romney and I think we can get this done," Young told ABC News.
Hundreds of high dollar fundraisers turned out this weekend for a mixer for Romney campaigndonors, GOP stars and Republican leaders, but among the faces at the retreat were other attendees who have the same goals of defeating Barack Obama, but whose roles in Republican politics lie in super PACs.
... Many of those same attendees said the star speaker of the weekend was former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who received and a standing ovation. Ambassador Charles Cobb, who served as ambassador to Iceland from 1989 to 1992, said Rice was "spectacular" and described her as a "very bright, sophisticated, articulate lady." 
Husband-and-wife donors from Los Angeles who did not want to be identified said Rice's message was one of "America needing to take charge." 
"We can't stand by and let things happen," the wife said. "If we do, someone else will take that leadership role." 
They both described her address as an "impassioned plea" for the country to "stand up and take charge." 
Donor Kent Lucken, an international banker in Boston who moved back to his home state of Iowa for six weeks before the caucuses to help Romney, said "she rocked it."...
There were many other Republican stars at the event and they conveyed a message of enthusiasm for this election and a belief that Romney is going to win.  A good attitude and money will certainly help that process.

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