"You get those who are calling everybody, trying to collect favors for a quid pro quo," said one producer who refused to be identified.

Now, as Mrs. Clinton travels the country, Democrats say that she is in the position to collect favors that may, in turn, benefit her down the road.

He lives in this fantasy world with strange alien-like creatures that he likes to collect favors from.

To do that, Mr. Springer has been hitting the hustings, speaking to Democratic clubs and labor unions, contributing money and collecting favors from party activists from Cincinnati to Cleveland.

I was going to collect favors on that scam for a long time.

You can't take money, so you pay in favors, and you collect favors.

This argument that skates around the meaningful definition of lobbying but reveals just how important Newt thinks his ideas are, his profound conviction that his presence on the national stage alone accounts for his influence - not his years of collecting favors and connections.

A1 Clinton Touches the Bases Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has embarked on a fund-raising sprint on behalf of fellow Democrats in Ohio and Pennsylvania, potentially allowing her to collect favors in two important presidential battleground states.