Mr Draghi knows that bond-buying alarms the Germans, who regard it as close to monetaryfinancing of states, which is banned by the European treaty establishing the euro.
It is possible that people have had in mind that the promissory notes could be cancelled if Ireland left the euro and so was no longer subject to the monetaryfinancing prohibition.
Mr Clinton has no wish to advertise his own party's divisions on trade so soon before congressional elections, and for now would rather use such political capital as he still has on the equally fraught issue of financing the International Monetary Fund.
And while contingency fees do little to incentivize lawyers to pursue cases that would result in important injunctive relief without a significant monetary payment (such as certain varieties of public interest cases), third-party financing is no better solution.