The Wall Street Journal / NBC News Poll --- A Special Weekly Report From The Wall Street Journal's Capital Bureau
FUND-RAISING FLAPS roil the administration even as Clinton backs overhaul.</br></br>Clinton himself is slated to speak at fund-raisers in Washington, New York and Los Angeles for the Democratic Senate campaign committee. Despite new DNC restrictions, the autonomous Senate group will welcome donations from foreign-owned subsidiaries and noncitizen residents. In his State of the Union speech Tuesday, Clinton is expected to call for passing a campaign-reform bill by summer.</br></br>About 68% of Americans in a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll say politics is more influenced by special-interest money than 20 years ago. A plurality faults both parties. A GOP governors' dinner on Monday is expected to raise $3 million. Labor-secretary nominee Alexis Herman takes heat for Clinton coffee klatches with donors, but most were arranged by the political staff headed by Douglas Sosnik.</br></br>The saying around the White House, according to cybersatirist Bob Hirschfeld: "That and a grand will get you a cup of coffee."</br></br>FIX SOCIAL SECURITY but go slow on putting funds in stocks, many say.