Here at Dealscape, we relish when dealmaking and politics collide. Just check how often we post about Mitt Romney's and Rudy Giuliani's 2008 presidential runs. Or read about how sad we were when Mark Warner
removed himself from the Democratic field. And we can't forget all our posts about Hank Paulson and John Corzine. So we were disappointed when our colleague Josh Jaffe at VC Ratings beat us to the punch on the report that starlet Lindsay Lohan was attempting to enlist former vice president Al Gore and his friend dealmaker John Doerr to combat the media's portrayal of her as a party-girl. The convergence of celebrity, dealmaking and politics is like the Caine-Hackman theory
from the 1994 film PCU, we've spent our entire career waiting for its arrival. Oh well, we missed our chance. Of course, we'd have beaten him to the story had Lohan tried to enlist the help of rocker-turned-dealmaker Bono.
Check out VC Ratings for more about this odd tale.—
Matthew Wurtzel
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