From Politic-ho:
Four leading GOP presidential candidates – Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Scott Walker – are traveling to a Southern California luxury hotel in coming days to make their cases directly to the Koch brothers and hundreds of other wealthy conservatives planning to spend close to $1 billion in the run-up to the 2016 election.
The gathering – which also will include former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, but notably not Sen. Rand Paul — is hosted by Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, the umbrella group in the Kochs’ increasingly influential network of political and public policy outfits. It represents a major opportunity for the candidates at a pivotal moment in the presidential primary.It's not just the ultra-right Koch brothers who will get a slavish tongue bath at the candidates' try-out; representatives of Likudnik Smelly Shelly Adelson and hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer will also attend, along with approximately 450 Republican high-rollers. The slobbering and groveling is expected to be intense and non-stop, so candidates, please apply your Chapstick generously.
