I'll say it again:

Obama Builds, Clinton Breaks.

dumb move. The Financial Times nailed it many months ago.  

Bill and Hillary Clintons' shenanigans in this campaign will damage future business relationships with titans of industry. The Clinton Global Initiative and THe Clinton Foundation will suffer the consequences...there's an undercurrent of disgust. Decent, fair - minded men and women are appalled at the former President and First Lady of the United States of America carrying on like common thugs. Not even in a banana republic do you expect to see such a spectacle.

Hillary is damaged goods for whatever political office she may aspire in the future.  This letter by her power donors serves only to re-enforce her negatives.

NBC-WSJ POLL: New Clinton Lows

Chuck Todd

As expected, one of the two major Democratic candidates saw a downturn in the latest NBC/WSJ poll, but it's not the candidate that you think. Hillary Clinton is sporting the lowest personal ratings of the campaign. Moreover, her 37 percent positive rating is the lowest the NBC/WSJ poll has recorded since March 2001, two months after she was elected to the U.S. Senate from New York.[.]

As for the damage this controversy did or didn't do to Obama, it's a mixed bag. Yes, Obama saw some of his numbers go down slightly among certain voting groups, most notably Republicans. But he's still much more competitive with independent voters when matched up against John McCain than Hillary Clinton is. And he still sports a net-positive personal rating of 49-32, which is down only slightly from two weeks ago, when it was 51-28. Again, the biggest shift in those negative numbers were among Republicans.[.]

On one of the most critical questions we've been tracking for a few months, Obama showed resilience. When asked if the three presidential candidates could be successful in uniting the country if they were elected president, 60 percent of all voters believed Obama could be successful at doing this, 58 percent of all voters said McCain could unite the country while only 46 percent of voters said the same about Clinton. All three candidates saw dips on this issue, by the way. In January, 67 percent thought Obama could unite the country; 68 percent thought McCain could do it; and 55 percent said Clinton would be able to pull it off.

If so, good for her.

He's hosted Jim Dean and DFA events at his house.  He's supported a local progressive [Tony Payton] against the Philly Democratic machine candidate for PA State House.

He's hosted events for Congressional candidates with Adam Bonin.  His firm has hosted events with Barney Frank and Joe Sestak.  He was part of a fundraiser for Lois Murphy and Pat Murphy which featured Obama as the special guest.

Wow, is all I can say...

What's the story here?  Was he grudingly supporting the progressive wing?  

I doesn't seem to me that someone who was beholden to the Clinton/DLC wing would be hosting Jim Dean and DFA at his house.  (Or going against the Philadelphia machine, but that comes with its own set of circumstances that may not apply perfectly.)

Steve Harrison for Congress, NY-13, Staten Island and Brooklyn, NY