Stan's house vs. the White House

Former President Bill Clinton was in the hood tonight.

Actually he's still here. Over in Indian Hill at the 28-bedroom house of class-action lawyer and big-time Democratic fundraiser Stan Chesley...

The fundraiser for Clinton's wife started at 5:30 p.m. and was still going strong two hours later.

Who was there? Other than the co-hosts, we hear that Cincinnati City Council member John Cranley, who lost a bid for the 1st Congressional District seat, was there - along with Dr. Victoria Wells Wulsin of Indian Hill, who lost her bid for the 2nd Congressional District seat.

We also hear that former Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro was there.

UPDATE: Current Attorney General Marc Dann was also there.

Apparently Clinton spoke for 45 minutes, took a bunch of pictures with people and chatted it up with a crowd of about 75-100 guests.

UPDATE: The former president also presented Chesley's grandaughter with a 13th birthday cake! And he gave Indian Hill Mayor Tom Rink a U.S. flag, apparently a custom at Chesley fundraisers.

So what did the former president have to say about Chesley's new home?

"Stan, this is the first time I've been in your new house and I gotta tell you, your house makes the White House look like public housing!"

Or something like that.

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Read Howard Wilkinson's story about Clinton's visit in today's Enquirer HERE.