However, a new book by Ray La Raja, Small Change: Money, Political Parties, and Campaign Finance Reform, predicted this would be a direct result of the McCain-Feingold c...La Raja notes that by cutting off soft money donations, McCain-Feingold dramatically weakened political parties and created a more decentralized and chaotic political s...These proposals acknowledge that past reforms efforts to limit campaign money were doomed to fail and that no one should be surprised of the campaign finance system t hat resulted....

Campaign Money Watch, a campaign finance watchdog group, criticized Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) energy policy, including a reversal of his earlier stance on off-shore oil drilling, as too tied to his big money donors and lobbyists. ...

CHICAGO : A top political fundraiser parlayed his success at amassing enormous amounts of campaign money for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich into the access and influence to launch a $7 million shakedown scheme in state government, a prosecutor told ...

Here he's corruptly firing judges who don't agree with how his nominee is gaming the campaign money system....Olmert, suffering his fifth financial investigation in recent years, denied the money was a bribe but said that he'd quit his position if indicted....

Does getting a democratic voice in how campaign money is spent excite you? Tags: Campaign (all tags)...Hillary has a new thing were if you give money she will let you pick how it is spent....

Chicago Sun-Times - Rezko raised campaign money for both. But the list also includes people who haven't been on the Rezko radar screen. Here are snapshots of some.

Poll Day 4: Show me the Money… March 8th, 2008 by Chong Eng I’ve just managed to get out from the polling centre duty and travel to another ... about “money politics”…well, in one sense. I wonder if anyone has breached the limit of campaign money set

Chicago Tribune - CHICAGO - Businessman Antoin "Tony" Rezko is accused of buying power and influence by bombarding Illinois political leaders with campaign money. Prosecutors say he bought himself a federal fraud indictment as well. Jury selection gets under way at 9 ...

Denish accepted $7500 in campaign money from tobacco companies Altria (parent company of Phillip Morris) and RJ Reynolds.