Concerned about Sen. Barack Obama, Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign "has dispatched former President Bill Clinton to attend 16 fund-raisers in the last six weeks and to lead conference calls and Internet appeals to donors," the New York Times reports.
"The early deployment of Mr. Clinton highlights the continuing concerns in the Clinton camp about the strength of Mr. Obamaís candidacy and his fund-raising prowess. The Clinton camp has tried to stop any drift of Democratic donors to the Obama camp, since the campaign finance reporting period ending tonight is seen as a huge test of the campaignsí money-raising abilities as they gird for a crush of early primaries."