states and with that comes an amount of clout. that s been true historically. rick s piece in the new york times magazine about the way that wall street has fallen out of love with barack obama does highlight challenges they have. the first is mitt romney is a creature of finance and wall street. he ran a private equity for years and has been getting money from that sector. also a small amount of people could bank roll him. among other sectors and hollywood is one of them. and you ve got to wonder, out of what played $40,000 a plate for this dinner. outside of hollywood, does the president have trouble doing these big hall donations? well, right now the affiliated super pac has lagged far, far, far behind the romney super pac. and that i think is genuinely a cause of concern in the white house and democrats because there is a sense that the amount of money that s going to flow