Jury convicts Alaska senator Ted Stevens in corruption trial
The verdict is in. A federal jury has found Alaska Sen.Ted Stevens guilty of seven felony counts of failing to report up to $250,000 in gifts and renovations. The conviction may spell the end of Stevens' career. The 40-year veteran...Ethics group files complaint over Palin’s wardrobe
October 23rd, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Ethics, Money in politics, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
An ethics watchdog group says in a complaint to the Federal Election Commission that the Republican National Committee and GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin violated election law in buying $150,000 on clothes for her and her family. The group...CBS to candidates: Are you elitists, and why are so many married pols unfaithful?
October 15th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Democrats, Economy, Ethics, Human interest, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
Katie Couric of CBS News continues her "Presidential Questions" series tonight with two potentially uncomfortable questions for Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. Question No.1: You and your opponent have both been criticized as elitists. Given the way you...Obama mocks GOP Ayers, Daley claims in new ad
October 12th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Ads, Democrats, Ethics, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
Democrat Barack Obama is hitting back at Republican claims that he launched his first state Senate campaign in the living room of former terrorist Bill Ayers and is linked to "party boss" Bill Daley. Both claims are made in a...Report: Freddie Mac paid McCain’s manager $15,000 monthly until August
This just in from The New York Times: Freddie Mac paid $15,000 a month to a firm owned by Sen. John McCain’s campaign manager from the end of 2005 through last month. The disclosure contradicts a statement Sunday night by...McCain hits Obama on Rezko connection in new ‘Housing Problem’ ad
August 21st, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Ads, Democrats, Ethics, Presidential race, 2008, Republicans
You want to talk housing? Fine, says Republican John McCain's campaign. The campaign just released a sledgehammer of an ad about Democrat Barack Obama's relationship with convicted felon Antoin Rezko. The campaign did not provide information about where or when...Watchdog group: Corporations, interest groups extend lobbying reach to conventions
June 18th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Conventions, Ethics, Money in politics, Presidential race, 2008
USA TODAY's Fredreka Schouten reports on a new study by the Campaign Finance Institute that shows corporate and group donors to this summer's Democratic and Republican national conventions have spent more than $700 million to lobby Congress and the executive...