41.   Fund-raisers are courting big donors and hammering traditional contributors to write their checks early.

42.   Furthermore, the president has defended the practice of hosting a series of coffees with big donors and Democratic Party officials at his residence.

43.   He also said any DNC officials seeking White House access to big donors with foreign backgrounds would have to contact a designated NSC staff member for the information.

44.   Gore rewarded these fund-raisers in a manner that paralleled the way President Clinton provided access to big donors at the White House.

45.   Haim Saban, another big Democratic donor who produces the popular cartoon show featuring the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, recently also hired a veteran Democratic fund-raiser.

46.   Harshbarger and other critics of Washington fund raising have marveled at the increasing brazenness the parties show in plying big donors with access to elected leaders.

47.   He rewarded big donors with overnight stays in the Lincoln Bedroom.

48.   He not only courted the big donors but the small ones, too.

49.   He proposed that big donors give to a separate organization to promote a more moderate GOP.

50.   Hedging their bets, most big donors gave to both parties.