11.   Although he is not a man of great wealth, he does raise huge sums of money for his party.

12.   Because of its federal charter, it can raise vast sums in credit markets on favorable terms.

13.   Both have raised prodigious sums of money for their presidential campaign, much of it from individuals who work for corporations who have interests in Washington.

14.   Both initiatives call for extensive public money to pay for political campaigns, to be awarded after the candidates have raised modest sums on their own.

15.   Both states were frequent destinations of former President Bill Clinton, who raised large sums of money and wooed moderates and liberals in each.

16.   Both sides have raised large sums for campaign contributions in an effort to influence important lawmakers.

17.   All of the candidates have raised large sums from business and all are subject to charges of pandering to corporate interests.

18.   But critics were discouraged that the parties had been able to raise such sums, especially at a time when the fund-raising process was under the microscope.

19.   But foreign money was largely a function of the ability of both parties to manipulate a legal loophole to raise outlandish sums from other sources as well.