"There is a well-financed group of zealots who want to bring down the President," said David Geffen, the entertainment mogul.

Among other things, the well-financed group has flooded the Senators' districts with mailings reminding voters that their representatives have been voting for higher taxes.

E.I.U., and the Greater New York Hospital Association, two powerful and well-financed groups that have been enormously successful in pushing their proposals through the Legislature.

There is a well-financed group of zealots who want to bring down the President.

They solicit money through a series of ever-changing post office boxes and rely on occasional legal help from a well-financed group founded by the television evangelist Pat Robertson.

That's because most of the effort has come from smart, well-financed groups that have a vested interest in the status quo.

Geffen is quoted explaining his $10,000 donation this way: "There is a well-financed group of zealots who want to bring down the President.

But they said that was based on the fear that well-organized and well-financed groups were increasingly close to obtaining weapons of mass destruction, including biological and nuclear weapons.

Save the Children, a 60-year-old nonprofit organization with headquarters here, has become more than a little upset over a newer, increasingly well-financed group also dedicated to aiding impoverished children.

"Complaints about tenure laws are not new, but there now seems to be a concerted push by well-financed groups seeking to impose their views on everybody," she said.