We really are. And that s the mistake, and I think Trent Lott is a sufficiently sophisticated and shrewd enough politician to understand Republicans cannot be. Sen. Bennett sounded completely unembarrassed. I think Sen. Bennett s one of those small group of people I m talking about when it comes down to a difficult political decision. Let s understand one thing, Margaret.
Soft money includes labor money.
You re talking about a few institutions, corporations, labor unions, and very, very wealthy individuals who give six-figure contributions. Here s the problem. But that isn t enough for the Republicans. If you ban soft money, what happens, what is going to happen, what s going to happen is what happened this week, John Sweeney, the head of the AFL-CIO, at their convention said, we re not going to give soft money to the Democratic Party. It s politically nuts.