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Herb Kohl (D-WI) is going broke. He has spent nearly $2.9 million already. His campaign is in debt $4.7 million, although that debt presumably is money he has lent his campaign from his personal fortune. He has raised $4.8 million, although I don’t know how much of that is his personal fortune, or whether his debts are from previous campaigns. He has less than $2 million in the bank. He doesn’t have an official opponent, yet. I know Wisconsin Freepers have told me to write this race off, but if Kohl’s fundraising is that poor, I suspect there will be...

Republican foes of campaign finance legislation threw up one last hurdle to its passage yesterday but conceded they probably would fail to block the measure. As the long struggle over the bill appeared to enter its final days, Senate Majority Leader Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.) expressed confidence that its supporters could muster the votes needed to defeat amendments and procedural moves that could derail enactment. He outlined a schedule that anticipates passage no later than March 22, when Congress begins a two-week recess, and vowed to hold all-night Senate sessions if necessary. He said he will file a petition to...