Need cash? Head to Indian Hill

The presidential campaign of John McCain may be reeling from bad polling numbers and low cash reserves, but McCain seems to know what to do about it - head to Indian Hill, the CheckSmart of American politics.



McCain heads to the sylvan enclave, where checks grow on trees, on July 31 for a fundraising event at the home of developer Bob Rhein and his wife Marilyn.



Former Ohio senator Mike Dewine, who stuck his neck out for McCain seven years ago and is doing so again as his Ohio campaign chairman, will be one of the co-hosts for the event. It's $1,500 per person for the VIP reception, 500 bob-per-knob for the general milling-about session.



McCain will be journeying deep into the heart of Mitt Romney country, where assorted Lindners live, all of whom have committed to Romney's campaign. And where the Lindners go, much of the rest of the corporate big-wigs of Indian Hill goes as well - although apparently not on Bob Rhein's country lane.



No doubt the event will raise a boatload of money; and no major candidate for president is more in need of it right now. The second quarter Federal Election Commission showed McCain's campaign with just $2 million in the bank; and the McCain campaign reportedly laid off as many as 100 staffers.