Friends in high places: President Obama supporters will pay $US80,000 per couple to attend a fundraising bash at Sarah Jessica Parker's New York home. Picture: Getty Source: Getty Images
SARAH Jessica Parker is rushing to get her New York town house ready for her big bash for President Barack Obama.
Parker had the hired help primping and preening before her big fundraising party later today.
The "Sex and the City" star's Manhattan home has been a beehive of activity all week, as Parker's maids and gofers gussied up the place for the star-studded fundraiser on behalf of Mr Obama's re-election campaign.
Laborers were toting in rolled-up rugs on Wednesday, after previously hauling in stacks of chairs, bouquets of flowers and a piano for the reception, which was organised with the assistance of Vogue editor Anna Wintour.
High rollers from the movie and fashion worlds have paid $80,000 ($83,000) per couple to rub elbows with the president and First Lady Michelle Obama at the event - but a lucky sweepstakes winner who contributed at least $US3 online to Mr Obama also will join the hobnobbing.
The town house that Parker owns with her movie star husband, Matthew Broderick, was not the only New York locale abuzz about the visit by the first couple.
After the reception at SJP's home, the Obamas will trot over to a fundraising dinner at The Plaza hotel. The entertainment includes a performance by singer Mariah Carey.
The event, however, will be a little awkward for Mr Obama because it is being cohosted by Newark Mayor Corey Booker - who is on the outs with the president and his campaign team.
The New York Post reported last week that an Obama administration official said Mr Booker was "dead to us" after the mayor went off-message on "Meet the Press."
Mr Booker told a national audience on the talk show that Mr Obama's attacks on Republican rival Mitt Romney's career at private-equity firm Bain Capital were "nauseating" and made him "very uncomfortable."
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