Money In Politics

The Devil went down to Georgia, and so did former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed. State Republicans aren't happy about what his candidacy for Lt. Governor are doing to their political prospects, reports Political Wire:

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Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, a former tobacco lobbyist, vetoed a bill passed by the state legislature that would raise the tax on a pack of cigarettes to $1 and reduce the sales tax on groceries by half from its current rate of 7%.

Government contracting -- a growing form of privatization, which turns over public work to private interests -- is one of the biggest cesspools of corruption and scandal in our country today.

Government contracting -- a growing form of privatization, which turns over public work to private interests -- is one of the biggest cesspools of corruption and scandal in our country today.

Here's our quote for the morning:

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:

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

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:

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: