The New York Times 1/9/00 Richard Berke ".... Many prominent Democrats say they are deeply troubled that the Republican Party is collecting so much more money than the Democrats that it will enjoy an insurmountable financial advantage -- perhaps enough to cost them the White House. These Democrats have a recurring fear: that their nominee, either Al Gore or Bill Bradley, will emerge in late March from the peak presidential primary season battered, bruised and broke. And if at that time the Republican National Committee has a big surplus of unregulated "soft money" over the Democratic counterpart, they say, the Democratic candidate would face a relentless blizzard of television commercials condemning Democratic programs. ...."
