[Dems2008] Sen. Clinton’s new scramble for money or those financial schemes appear to skirt the law

Some of those financial schemes appear to skirt the law – as some backers consider putting money into "independent" entities that can spend unlimited sums but aren't supposed to coordinate with the campaign – while other ideas are more traditional, like appealing to wealthy donors involved with the pro-Israel AIPAC lobby.

 

Sen. Clinton's new scramble for money – as well as her campaign's declaration that it is prepared to override the will of the elected Democratic delegates if necessary to secure the nomination – raise the question of just how far Bill and Hillary Clinton are willing to go to achieve their presidential restoration.

 

Some Democrats, who have e-mailed me, praise the ruthlessness of the Clinton political machine, arguing that only a readiness to throw sharp elbows can defeat the Republicans this fall. These Democrats hate what they call Barack Obama's "Kumbayah" message of national reconciliation, a reference to the campfire song based on an old African spiritual.

 

However, other Democrats fear that the Clintons are putting their personal ambitions ahead of what's good for the party and the country, that they are ready to dirty up Sen. Obama with attack ads and dismiss his millions of supporters as – what one key Clinton backer called – "a cult of personality."

If the Clintons overturn the majority will, the Democratic convention in Denver could bring to mind the infamous Chicago convention in 1968 when the Democratic establishment imposed its favored candidate, Vice President Hubert Humphrey, on a rebellious rank-and-file, contributing to the election of Republican Richard Nixon.

A Clinton-driven insistence that the will of Democratic voters be cast aside could alienate millions of young people and independents who have rallied to Sen. Obama's message of political change.

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