MONEY HONEYS.(The Talk of the Town)

Publication: The New Yorker

Publication Date: 13-SEP-04

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Last week, the big Republican donors who travelled to the Convention seemed determined to be themselves, starting curbside at the entrance to the Ritz-Carlton, where many of the major Party benefactors were holed up.

"We're called the Rangers, but I call us the Power Rangers," Bobby Kotick, a cocksure young L.A.-based C.E.O. (Activision computer games), said as he greeted some fellow-donors. "Hey," he said to a burly, tanned fellow alighting from a gleaming black Mercedes Maybach. "That yours?"

"They just gave it to me," the man said. "Because my business is connected."

"Rangers give the most money, so we have special exclusive parties," Kotick said, heading inside to the cocktail lounge, where the menu, obligingly embossed with an elephant,...

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