President Clinton says of the Republicans and campaign-finance money. They are worse. Campaign 96's fundraising tally was three times Campaign 92's. But while the big money has only made the Republicans more Republican, it has robbed the Democrats of their historical souls. For Republicans, taking money from corporate interests and wealthy individuals is consonant with their beliefs.
Republicans are the party of business and of the wealthy.
It is fitting that they should be funded by these groups. Every Republican who voted for that bill would have done so with or without campaign donations from these industries. By contrast, the elite funding of the Democrats is dissonant with their espoused beliefs. That claim has long given Democrats a moral edge over Republicans. The punitive GOP welfare bill that Clinton signed into law last fall was a triumph for the liver.