Senator Clinton is inviting Iowans to come visit her in D.C., and she's asking them to bring money. The Senator doesn't want to throw her hat in the ring for the 2008 Presidential campaign just yet, so a visit to Iowa is out of the question. Instead she is inviting Iowans to come visit her in D.C. for a fundraiser. The kicker is that the fundraiser is for her Senate re-election campaign, in New York.

Clinton aides Friday confirmed that the former first lady -- widely expected to seek the Democratic nomination for president in 2008 -- is inviting supporters to her Washington home for a fundraiser.

Campaign spokeswoman Ann Lewis declined to say when the event would be but said the sole purpose was to raise money for Clinton's Senate re-election in 2006, not to court support in a state that hosts the caucuses that kick off the presidential election cycle.

Now, I don't know any Iowans so I cannot really judge them. But are they really so gullable as to help pay for Clinton's re-election as a Senator from New York? And is Senator Clinton so worried about re-election that she needs to look to Iowa for campaign funds?