Once dunned twice shy, baby: Here’s the New York Times quotation of the day, from Hillary advisor Harold Ickes, who is apparently having trouble finding “Democratic donors who can give $5 million or even $10 million each” to a pro-Hillary SuperPac (which would be formally independent of the official Hillary campaign):

“Our side isn’t used to being asked for that kind of money. If you asked them to put up $100 million for a hospital wing, they’d be the first in line.”

Hmm. Why might Ickes find it hard to recruit rich Democrats for a SuperPac to elect Hillary in 2016? Maybe because rich Dems were pushed into giving millions to Ickes’ unofficial PAC (the Media Fund) to elect a Democrat in 2004 –– remember the “mandatory” meeting of Hollywood libs? — and felt the money was largely wasted. It certainly didn’t elect John Kerry. Early on, Ickes even got in a sniping match with Kerry’s official campaign — the sort of SuperPAC  vs. candidate discord that may be our best hope in a Citizens United world, but that the donors might fail to appreciate. A hospital wing probably seems a better bet. …