Money In Politics

March 7, 2006 - This is going to be good. Wonder what will happen at this weekend's GOP extravaganza in Memphis? At any rate, check out this letter to the editor:

March 6, 2006 - Any politician will tell you -- it's not the scandal that hurts you, it's how you respond to the scandal that causes problems.

February 27, 2006 - The newswires are aglow with reports about how convicted Rep. Randall "Duke" Cunningham went about accepting bribes in return for hefty defense contracts from his perch at the House Appropriations Committee from 1998 to 2005:

February 20, 2006 - Four Texas universities are fighting to host the George W. Bush Presidential Library. And although three of them are religious schools, it appears they may be using un-Christian means to win the honor, according to the New York Sun:

February 5, 2006 - Think the Jack Abramoff scandal isn't having much impact on politics? Ralph Reed, former darling of the religious right and current candidate for the second-in-command post in Georgia, would disagree:

February 3, 2006 - The campaign finance watchdogs at the Center for Responsive Politics have just released the numbers on which politicians in the U.S. House raised the most money in 2005. Here's the breakdown:

February 1, 2006 - "Keeping America competitive requires us to be good stewards of tax dollars." "A hopeful society expects elected officials to uphold the public trust. " - President George W. Bush, State of the Union Address, 1/31/06