Asked about expected investigations of Democratic party fund-raising, Daschle said such probes should include "all giving" and he would insist they include an objective analysis of campaign finances, covering both Democrats and Republicans.
After the moneymen, the next constituency to woo were the heavyweights who really control the Republican Party these days--the Governors, with their early-warning systems and their fund-raising networks and their serene distance from the party in Congress.
He agreed it was not enough to explain away fund-raising irregularities by saying that the other party does the same thing, or that the actions are legal.