Complex sentence: MVP's broader mission may be to serve as a platform for Franken to demonstrate his fundraising prowess and to build goodwill and strengthen his ties to Democratic powerbrokers; doing so could help set the stage for a Franken campaign in 2008.
Split into simpler sentences: MVP's broader mission may be to serve as a platform for Franken to demonstrate his fundraising prowess and to build goodwill and strengthen his ties to Democratic powerbrokers. Doing so could help set the stage for a Franken campaign in 2008.