Jim Hunt was not at a Bill Clinton fundraiser Monday night.

In an article today, Dome noted that a Raleigh woman said she met Hunt while inside a fundraiser for U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign at the Brier Creek Country Club.

The press was not allowed inside, and the woman was mistaken, our colleague Michael Biesecker writes.

Howie Devane, an assistant to the former governor, says Hunt was actually on his way to an engagement in Pinehurst when he was reported to have been in Raleigh.

But, he added, it would be useful if Hunt had the ability to be in two places at once.

"He was nowhere near the Clinton event," Devane said. "But if y'all find out who it was, please let me know. We could use a good impersonator, with all the competing requests we get for speaking engagements."

When Dome was a twentysomething in New York City, there was a rule.

If you wanted people to show up at a party on time, you set the invitation for three hours ahead. If you said 9 p.m., they would not show until midnight.

Something like that is true of big-time fundraisers.

Invitations to an event featuring Bill Clinton at Brier Creek Country Club were set for 7:30 p.m. Clinton's plane was set to arrive at Raleigh-Durham Airport at 8 p.m.

And we've just learned that the plane landed a few minutes ago.

So, given a 15-minute drive from there to here, Clinton should be here by 9:15—only an hour and 45 minutes after the event officially started.

Bill Clinton is coming to Raleigh, but you won't see much of him.

The former president will appear any minute now at a fundraiser for his wife's campaign at the Brier Creek Country Club in way North Raleigh.

It's $1,000 to get in at a minimum—and $2,300 for the deluxe version—and the campaign staff have done their best to keep the media out. (The theory is that people will be less likely to pay for something they can see on TV that night.)

So far, your Dome blogger and two TV camera people have been pushed from the front door back to 25 feet down the driveway, and now to the end of the driveway.

That's just outside of shouting distance — meaning no questions, in all likelihood. And the camera crews are going to get a moving SUV and a blur of gray hair, at best.

Oh, and it's about 34 degrees out.

Bill Clinton is coming to Raleigh today.

The former president will be the honored guest at a 3:45 p.m. fund-raising reception at the Brier Creek Country Club to raise money for his wife's presidential campaign.

The cost of the event is $1,000, or $2,300 for a 3:30 p.m. VIP reception that includes a photograph with him.

No public events are planned, and the press will not be allowed to cover the event.

Raleigh resident Jeanette Hyde, the ambassador to Barbados during the Clinton administration, said she expects more than 200 people at the event.

"It's going really, really well," she said. "There's a lot of excitement, even right here at Christmas."

Former President Bill Clinton will attend a Raleigh fundraiser next month on behalf of his spouse, Sen. Hillary Clinton.

Clinton will attend an event on Dec. 13 at the Brier Creek Country Club. The cost is $1,000 per person or $2,300 for a smaller reception that includes a photograph with the ex president.

"We are expecting a big group," said former Ambassador Jeanette Hyde, who is helping organize the event. "There is alot of enthusiasm."

Other old Clinton hands involved in putting together the event include former state Sen. Tom Taft of Greenville, and former state party chairman Tom Hendrickson of Raleigh. Richard Sullivan, a Clinton fundraiser who lives in Raleigh, has also been involved.

Correction: An earlier version of this post said Hillary Clinton would be coming to town.