Unease at Clinton Foundation Over Finances and Ambitions

[karynnj]

7. To me, that is the message they want out there

I hope for the Democratic party, they do just that. I do think that many potential nominees do "use" a non profit to both firm up a key issue and to put together proposals that will become the platform they are running on. Recently, John Edwards did just that with his poverty center. (To be bipartisan, so did Newt Gingrich with his foundation on his issues.)

I think separating them also suggests how they can use the foundation. They could speak of the good work it has done and speak of how that will remain Bill Clinton's primary role. (Here, I would have thought that John Kerry could have more prominently spoken of the wonderful things that Teresa Heinz Kerry's foundation had done -- and would continue to do.)

The comments were very thoughtful for the most part - and as you noted many added a lot from their own experience. (In fact, there were so many, I wonder if some insiders were using the NYT to try to get their concerns out in a calm way.)