mostly sympathetic article but did have some nuggets likeNumerous donors said in interviews that to avoid the potential reputational taint of a much bigger gift to a group like Priorities USA Action, they preferred the longstanding practice of bundling, or gathering wealthy friends to make traditional contributions to Mrs. Clinton's campaign. The 2016 limit is $5,400 for the primary and general elections.
"There are people who don't like giving to super PACs," said Thomas R. Nides, a friend and former aide to Mrs. Clinton at the State Department who is vice chairman at Morgan Stanley. "But be clear ‐ if we have any shot in real campaign finance reform, we need to get her elected."
(One option if Clinton donors continue to refrain from giving to Priorities USA Action would be to establish an affiliated nonprofit group to which contributions could remain anonymous. Doing so, though, would exploit a loophole that is "obviously much worse" than a super PAC, said Lawrence Lessig, a Harvard professor who is exploring a Democratic run for president on a single issue: campaign finance reform. Priorities USA Action already was criticized for accepting $1 million from another liberal group which in turn gets its money from two nonprofits whose sources of funding were not disclosed.)...
To bridge the divide between her campaign message and the need to raise enormous sums, Mrs. Clinton tells donors that the only way to overturn the Citizens United ruling and do away with super PACs is to elect a Democrat. "We can't unilaterally disarm," she often says, sounding a refrain long heard from politicians promising to overhaul the campaign finance system, including Mr. Obama in 2012.