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"You also hear that he's not getting the same kind of support from New York types and Hollywood types that he has in the past," says a fundraiser for another campaign. McCain is expected to hold a major New York event before the end of the first quarter, with an internal goal set at more than $2 million.

Such a haul would be surprising, given the way that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has been trying to corner the fundraising market from Wall Street and the business community in New York.

"Right now, the only other candidate who can go toe to toe with Hillary here in New York is Rudy [Giuliani]," says a Democrat fundraiser in Manhattan. "Over the years, he's done a lot more for these people than Hillary has done. He has the ties that bind to these folks that people like McCain don't have."

Similar things could be said for Giuliani and Hollywood, where last week it was rumored that Brad Grey, the chairman and CEO of Paramount, and formerly an agent to a number of high-profile actors and actresses, was signing on as a fundraiser for "America's Mayor" in Los Angeles.

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