Within weeks, Democratic fund-raisers told the tribe it still owed about $12,000.

October 1996 must have been some tense month for Democratic fund-raisers.

"The money for this event is unbelievable," said one Democratic fund-raiser.

He is a leading Democratic fund-raiser and has been politically active for decades.

The council was founded with the help of a major Democratic fund-raiser.

He won the early support of many leading Democratic fund-raisers.

"He is a person who understands the need for organizational strength, and he's the best Democratic fund-raiser in the country."

They also traveled the country recruiting new Democratic fund-raisers and sources of money.

More to the point, he is a top Democratic fund-raiser and therefore a potentially key player in the 1988 contest.

To hear Democratic fund-raisers tell it, this week they have gone from one kind of nightmare to another.