[hotpotato]

I told the tribes that getting involed in this recall was stupid and would come to haunt them, and I'm being proved right. They've demonstrated to California that there are many tribes that have just way too much money sitting around, and made a target of themselves.

You are SO right! Four million to Bustamante and McClintock campaigns (three and one respectively). My question is what happened to all the needy Indians who could use that money being handed out to candidates!

[kingu]

My question is what happened to all the needy Indians who could use that money being handed out to candidates!

For those tribes that have successful gaming and not too large a population, they're doing great. For those tribes who are huge, not well placed to benefit from gaming, or prevented from using gaming because of a lack of a compact (or other problems), their lives are still usually sub-third world, unless some program or another took pity on them long enough to help them a little bit.