ethics

Here’s something that slipped under the radar yesterday.
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan organization that tracks money in elections, employees of a law firm founded by Charles Keating Jr. have bundled more than $50,000 in contributions to Sen. John McCain’s presidential campaign.

ANCHORAGE — Wow, here’s a great catch over at TPMmuckraker. It turns out that Steven Silver, the lobbyist Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin hired to hustle federal earmarks for her hometown when she was mayor, once worked for the now-disgraced Jack Abramoff:
But Silver appears to have additional ties that could further undercut Palin’s image as a [...]

PHILADELPHIA — On the campaign trail, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the designated GOP vice presidential nominee, paints herself as a McCain-style earmark terminator. At a rally Sunday in O’Fallon, Mo., Palin made just this claim:

“In Alaska now, with the budget under control, we have a surplus. I’ve never hesitated to protect the wages and the [...]