To Robbins, Edwards Is the Star

"You'd better find somebody who's going to tell you the truth," Edwards said. "You'd better have a fighter."

-- Peter Slevin

'HILLARY: THE MOVIE'

Conservative Group Targets Clinton

Just as the primary campaign has gotten nasty, Hillary Clinton may need to check over her other shoulder for a coming onslaught from Republicans.

Citizens United, a conservative group headed by David Bossie, who became famous for his part in investigations of Whitewater and other matters during the Clinton administration, is preparing for the release of a feature-length documentary called "Hillary: The Movie."

A Web site for the film promises interviews "with many of the people who personally locked horns with the Clintons," including Ann Coulter, Newt Gingrich and Kathleen Willey.

The group wants to start airing television ads for the film right away, and this morning it will announce a lawsuit it is filing against the Federal Election Commission seeking to pave the way for Citizens United to begin running the TV ads without having to run a disclaimer or disclose the name of the people whose donations help finance it.

Citizens United has hired James Bopp, the Indiana lawyer who successfully argued a recent challenge to the 2002 McCain-Feingold campaign finance law. Bopp says the group should not have to adhere to the law's disclosure and disclaimer provisions. The law "identifies it as a political ad when it's not," Bopp said. "These ads are selling a product."

Bossie called the requirements "crazy."

"Right now I'm barred from advertising our film," he said. "I could make a 10-second advertisement but would have to put a 4 1/2 -second disclaimer on it. That's ludicrous."