From the Star Tribune:
U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton attacked President Bush's administration Saturday night at an annual DFL fundraiser in Minneapolis, while nearly everyone else pondered her presidential chances. Clinton, who is seeking reelection in 2006 to the New York Senate seat she won in 2000, launched a broad critique of Republican policies, barely mentioning her own campaign. The Democrat did, however, sound like a candidate for national office.
A Democratic candidate, to be sure:
"We are headed to a brave new world of extremism. We need to make clear we are not going there now or ever," she said, receiving one of many enthusiastic ovations from the room of nearly 2,000 partisans, who paid $100 each to raise money for the state party.
Clinton also raised money for herself at a $1,000-a-head party earlier in the day at the Wayzata home of Vance Opperman. Reports put that crowd at several dozen people, with Clinton deftly deflecting inquiries about her potential as a candidate in 2008.
Senator Clinton is probably the most effective fundraiser the Democrats now have.
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