Complements for Hillary at the Rainbow RoomOutside Bernard Schwartz's election-night party at the Rainbow Room For the Los Angeles nightclub, see Rainbow Bar and Grill. The Rainbow Room is a well-known upscale restaurant and nightclub on the sixty-fifth floor of the GE Building in Rockefeller Center, Midtown Manhattan, New York City. at Rockefeller Center Rockefeller Center, complex of buildings in central Manhattan, New York City, between 48th and 51st streets and Fifth Ave. and the Ave. of the Americas (Sixth Ave.). The project was sponsored by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. , investment banker Investment Banker A person representing a financial institution that is in the business of raising capital for corporations and municipalities. Notes: An investment banker may not accept deposits or make commercial loans. Bob Towbin said tonight is "a great American event." The Democratic bundler was in a good mood, surrounded by most of the city's major Clintonites. Asked about the future of the Republican ticket, he joked, "Sarah Palin Sarah Louise Heath Palin (born February 11 1964 in Sandpoint, Idaho) is the current Governor of Alaska. She is the youngest governor in Alaskan history (forty-two years old upon taking office), as well as the first woman to hold the office in Alaska. will an important member of the Alaskan community." Then he grew thoughtful and, speaking of the Democratic primary, "A lot of people died for this." The host of the evening did not want to be interviewed, but when pressed, he was willing to say, "This party is a celebration of the Democratic process." A longtime long·time adj. Having existed or persisted for a long time: a longtime friend; a longtime resident of Detroit. longtime Adjective friend of the Clintons, Schwartz said of New York's junior senator, "she will make her own way." "Hillary Clinton is an important person, always has been, always will be," Schwartz said. There was at least one non-Democrat at the party (Schwartz mentioned the event was "nonpartisan." Outside the restaurant a young Republican woman, who said she knew Schwartz because she had decorated his office told me, "Obama's going to win because people are blaming the country's problems on Republicans." When I observed that most of the people at the party were of an older generation she said, "Maybe that's why they invited us." 
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