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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is prepared to run a sharply negative campaign if that’s what it takes to win reelection next year, with a top adviser predicting that the Nevada Democrat will “vaporize” his Republican challengers with attack ads. Trailing in the polls and under constant attack from the GOP, Reid’s campaign has just launched a warm-and-fuzzy million-dollar ad campaign to reintroduce the veteran senator to his constituents. But Reid’s team also wants to be the one that introduces lesser-known opponents to the electorate — and will be ready, when the time comes, to unleash a torrent of ads...

During the Second half of 2008 a former employee of ACORN was working with the NY Times as an infomant about the fraudulent practices of the organization. The Times ran a series of stories on ACORN with the help of Ms Moncreif (the informant). The New York Times articles stopped when Ms. Moncrief, who is a Democrat and a supporter of the President, revealed that the Obama Presidential Campaign was using ACORN as a way to get around campaign laws. The Campaign had sent its maxed out donor list to Karen Gillette of the Washington, DC ACORN office and asked...

A Newsmax investigation of Obama/Biden campaign contributors, undertaken in conjunction with a private investigative firm headed by a former CIA operations officer, has identified 118 donors who appear to lack U.S. citizenship. Some of these “red flag” donors work for foreign governments; others have made public statements declaring that they are citizens of Cameroun, Nigeria, Pakistan, Canada, and other countries. A Newsmax sampling of about 3,400 donors also found hundreds more who showed “yellow flags” such as not having used a Social Security number or a known U.S. address. Most U.S.-born citizens are issued Social Security numbers at birth or...

Islamic leaders tied by federal investigators to the radical Muslim Brotherhood in America – including one under active investigation for alleged terror-financing – have recently donated to Sen. Barack Obama's campaign for president, according to Federal Election Commission records reviewed by WND. Jamal M. Barzinji earlier this year gave Obama $1,000, a gift that records show has not been returned. Other Democratic candidates, including Rep. Jim Moran, have refunded donations from Barzinji since federal agents raided his Virginia home and offices in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. Obama's top Muslim adviser resigned earlier this month over controversy surrounding his...

Workers from a second activist organization have been implicated in falsifying Milwaukee voter registration forms, bringing to 15 the number of voter registration workers who could face scrutiny for trying to sign up dead, imprisoned or fictitious voters, according to the Milwaukee Election Commission and the organizations that paid the workers. For two of the workers, managers at the Community Voters Project caught much of the fraud, fired the workers and reported the problems before the registration cards were turned in, said Sue Edman, the election commission’s executive director, and Ayodele Carroo, the organization’s national director. That involved 15 or...

Documents show how the fundraiser's network pitched the deals that allegedly turned his Clinton ties into gold. Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu reveled in his role as friend to Bill and Hillary Clinton. As Hsu raised more than $800,000 for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign, the couple praised him at star-studded events and showered him with thank-you notes. Hsu often wore a bomber jacket that bore the presidential seal, a gift from the former president, he told associates. But Hsu's turn in the political limelight was about more than ego gratification. Documents obtained by the Los Angeles Times show how...

Hsu Wowed the Democrats As He Beguiled Investors; 'He Craved Attention' November 12, 2007; Page A1 By the time Norman Hsu flew to Beverly Hills in early September and checked into the Raffles L'Ermitage hotel, the life of the top Democratic donor and self-professed clothing magnate was coming unraveled. Mr. Hsu, a slight, 56-year-old immigrant from Hong Kong, was under investigation for campaign-finance violations. An old grand-theft charge had come back to haunt him. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and other politicians had begun returning his donations. He was so distraught that he sent off suicide notes before leaving his Manhattan...

Hillary Clinton is raising huge piles of money in Chinatown, from donors who can't be located or who were improperly repaid for their contributions......Shin K. Cheng is listed twice in federal records, giving Clinton $1,000 donations. But the address recorded on campaign reports is a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases, hemorrhoids and skin disease. No one at the address knew Shin K. Cheng. Hsiao Yen Wang, a cook in Chinatown, is listed as giving Clinton $1,000.......she told The Post she had written a check....on behalf of a man named David Guo, president of the Fujian American Cuisine Council, and Guo...

Election 2008: An ambitious presidential front-runner. A hot scramble for campaign cash. A corner-cutting past. And now red lights are flashing that she could be in hock to foreign interests. This is going downhill fast. How else does one explain the cash rolling in to Hillary Clinton's campaign from residents of Manhattan's impoverished Chinatown? The Los Angeles Times on Friday uncovered an amazingly generous spirit of giving from Fujianese immigrant dishwashers and trinket sellers, hundreds of whom "spontaneously" coughed up $1,000 or $2,000 apiece for Clinton's presidential campaign. The $380,000 from their giving dwarfed the $24,000 that John Kerry raised...

While we no longer need to worry about the whereabouts of the habitually slippery Norman Hsu, there's another central figure in this Democratic fundraising/investment fraud scandal that may have slithered away amid the sensational hubbub. Winkle Paw, Hsu's most delightfully named associate, seems to have turned up missing.

Clinton report lists refunds to 249 Hsu donors Much of the more than $800,000 that the campaign sent back ... came from California. WASHINGTON -- The full extent of accused swindler Norman Hsu's political network was revealed for the first time Monday in campaign finance reports filed by presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), who refunded $804,850 in contributions from 249 Hsu associates. The donors came from 22 states and Washington, D.C., but Californians accounted for the largest amount refunded from the Hsu network, $308,000. New Yorkers contributed $286,000, and $55,000 came from donors in New Jersey and Connecticut....

FReepers, this is the SECOND in a series of facsimile transmission to the office of Senator Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton. I am hoping she will take the opportunity to clear up some questions and give us her side of the story. Any response from her will be published here. No. 1 - Lying Howard Wolfson

Hillary Clinton and other Democrats scrambled to distance themselves from a big-name party fundraiser who was exposed Wednesday as a fugitive who disappeared 15 years ago after pleading no contest to felony grand theft in the Bay Area. Norman Hsu, a 56-year-old New York resident, also has been linked to a Daly City family that has become a major Democratic donor. The family has given money to many of the same candidates and party causes as Hsu, their longtime friend and business partner. Some Democrats also were scrutinizing contributions from members of the Daly City family, the Paws, who could...

DALY CITY, Calif. -- One of the biggest sources of political donations to Hillary Rodham Clinton is a tiny, lime-green bungalow that lies under the flight path from San Francisco International Airport. Six members of the Paw family, each listing the house at 41 Shelbourne Ave. as their residence, have donated a combined $45,000 to the Democratic senator from New York since 2005, for her presidential campaign, her Senate re-election last year and her political action committee. In all, the six Paws have donated a total of $200,000 to Democratic candidates since 2005, election records show.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. David Scott has used his campaign account to pay more than $500,000 to four family members and his family's business, according to an investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The Atlanta Democrat, who graduated from the prestigious Wharton School of Business, also had had more than 40 tax liens — some dating to the 1980s and 1990s — placed against his home and business, the Atlanta-based Dayn-Mark Advertising.

KIDS ASK DOUG FROM UPLAND about Hillary?s campaign finance fraud - No. 1 NOTE: this is No. 1 in a series of letters as I answer children's questions about Hillary Clinton's campaign finance fraud. ============================================ Dear Doug from Upland, My teacher just loves Hillary and thinks she can do nothing wrong. I don?t quite understand it, but my dad says that Hillary is a switch-hitter and that is why my teacher likes her. I heard my parents talking about Hillary and some lying weasel named Howard Wolfson who has been lying about her campaign money for over six years. Why...

25 EPISODES OF PETER PAUL AND HILLARY =======================================================================NOTE: This is the 19th episode in a series of stories regarding the events surrounding Hillary Clinton’s 2000 Hollywood fundraiser, and the business relationship of entrepreneur Peter Paul, the impeached William Jefferson Clinton, and Hillary Rodham Clinton, perpetrator of the largest campaign finance fraud in the history of Western civilization. If there is one thing that I have learned from my recent friendship with Peter Paul, it is that he really is full of surprises. A week or so ago, I got a FReepmail from someone with the screen name krucader_bravepages_com. The...

WATCH IT ON YOUTUBE On July 11, 2000 occured a incredible conference call. Participating were Peter Paul, Kelly Craighead, David Rosen, Aaron Tonken, Jim Levin, and Howard Wolfson. They discussed the event planned for three days before the DNC's August convention in Los Angeles. They discussed the event costing more than a million dollars. Although Peter agreed to pay for half of it, when Cynthia Gershman bailed, he paid for the whole thing. Ultimately, is cost around $1.6 million. Three days after the event, Hillary had Wolfson tell the WashPost and all of the voters that they would take...

A very short hearing was held this morning in the historic civil case Paul v Clinton, et al. Judge Aurelio Munoz ruled that depositions cannot go forward until the appeal is settled regarding his April decision to remove Hillary as a defendant. As usual, despite notification to most of the mainstream sources in Los Angeles, there was no media in the courtroom. It was after the hearing when the fun began. A new toy came on Saturday -- a SONY Digital 8 movie cam. What a perfect opportunity to use it. FReeper The Spirit of Allegiance was the cam operator....

Clinton lawyer Kendall accused of filing false statement Suit by top donor claims ex-president in scheme to destroy business Posted: September 23, 2006 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Art Moore © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com Clinton attorney David Kendall (PBS.org) Bill Clinton's longtime attorney David Kendall is accused of filing a fabricated statement in a court brief to quash a multi-million-dollar lawsuit against the former president. In legal pleadings filed this week with Los Angeles Superior Court, business mogul Peter Franklin Paul claims Kendall cobbled together two unrelated quotes from a March 2005 federal court hearing in an attempt to pin on Paul...

LOADS OF INFO ON HILLCAP.ORG VIDEO - PETER AND HILLARY AT SPAGO VIDEO - PETER AND HILLARY AT THE GERSHMAN TEA HOME VIDEO - PETER, HILLARY, AND THE AMAZON ROSES WITNESS LARRY KING AND HIS UNDERWEARHillary Clinton Caught on Tape with Paul's Japanese Partner at Fundraiser VIDEO - HILLARY DOESN'T REMEMBER DISCUSSING EMAILS AT SPAGO VIDEO - SPIDER MAN STAN LEE'S DEPOSITION IS A BIG PROBLEM FOR HILLARY ================================================= From HILLARY’S DECLARATION dated 4-5-06, presented to the court by David Kendall on 4-7-06.“I remember meeting Mr. Peter F. Paul sometime in early 2000.” Let’s see how believable that declaration...

LOADS OF INFO ON HILLCAP.ORG VIDEO - PETER AND HILLARY AT SPAGO VIDEO - PETER AND HILLARY AT THE GERSHMAN TEA HOME VIDEO - PETER, HILLARY, AND THE AMAZON ROSES WITNESS LARRY KING AND HIS UNDERWEARHillary Clinton Caught on Tape with Paul's Japanese Partner at Fundraiser VIDEO - HILLARY DOESN'T REMEMBER DISCUSSING EMAILS AT SPAGO ================================================== PREVIOUS EXCLUSIVE FR STORY ABOUT PHONE CONVERSATION WITH STAN LEE Here we are again, friends, enjoying more information about the greatest campaign finance fraud on record. Hillary Rodham Clinton continues to avoid MSM scrutiny for her role in the fraud. It was done...

LOADS OF INFO ON HILLCAP.ORG VIDEO - PETER AND HILLARY AT SPAGO VIDEO - PETER AND HILLARY AT THE GERSHMAN TEA HOME VIDEO - PETER, HILLARY, AND THE AMAZON ROSES WITNESS LARRY KING AND HIS UNDERWEARHillary Clinton Caught on Tape with Paul's Japanese Partner at Fundraiser ================================================== In this episode, we go back in time to June 9, 2000 and world famous Spago in Beverly Hills. Wolgang Puck had cooked up a nice little luncheon for the VIP guests and Hillary. HILLARY'S TOTALLY BOGUS AFFIDAVIT PRESENTED TO THE COURT IN APRIL OF 2006. Here is a short VIDEO CLIP...

Peter Paul and I discussed an idea today that will probably not be greatly appreciated by Hillary Rodham Clinton, the presumptive Democrat nominee in 2008. With the help of talented FReepers, we would like to create a virtual rock opera for the internet called Anti-Christ Superstar. Musicians and flash creators are wanted. This is a not for profit venture. We want to tell this story before it is too late. 2008 is getting dangerously close. Here is the theme song. If any of you can contribute some of your talent to help stop her, we would be grateful. MIDI -...

Note: although Hillary has been removed as a defendant (it will be appealed) in the case Paul v. Clinton, she will be ordered to testify. She and her defendant husband are expected to be in Los Angeles for a sworn deposition in as soon as 60 days. Does anyone remember the last time William Jefferson Blythe Clinton testified under oath? scroll down for the roughcut video trailer -- INDICTING HILLARY. We are behind schedule but will have a least a short version of the film out during this campaign season. Stan Lee is sitting to the left of Hillary at...

SEE THE ARTICLE FOR PICTURES AND LINKS RODHAM WATCH Top donor seeks to expose 'Hillary's Chappaquiddick' Business mogul to file fraud complaint with FEC, proceeds with civil suit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: March 29, 2006 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Art Moore © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com Sen. Hillary Clinton greets Peter Paul at Hollywood gala (Courtesy Hillcap.org) Claiming Hillary Clinton pulled off the biggest campaign-finance fraud in history, business mogul Peter Franklin Paul is preparing to file a complaint with the Federal Election Commission charging the Democratic senator with submitting a false report – for a fourth time – that hides his personal...

YESTERDAY'S STORY FOR BACKGROUND Well, it could have gone better. Judge Aurelio Munoz has set a hearing on the merits for the anti-SLAPP motion being used by David Kendall to try to have Hillary Rodham Clinton removed from Peter Paul's historic civil suit. Kendall both failed to file the motion in a timely manner and failed to have it served and put on calendar in a timely manner. Nevertheless, Munoz used his discretion to essentially say no harm, no foul. It had been hoped that Munoz would allow limited discovery in the case to proceed immediately and get her...

<p>A roughcut trailer for our film INDICTING HILLARY: One Man's Quest to Hold Hillary Clinton Accountable can now be downloaded from google videos.</p> <p>This trailer is only a roughcut, and we hope to have an improved version out soon. It only touches the surface in exposing the largest campaign finance fraud ever. We are working furiously to have the first version of the film ready for a conference in Washington, D.C., in early May. Thereafter, we hope to have an extended version of the film for theatrical release. It's all a function of money. No big time Hollywood producer has come forward to open a checkbook as they did for the anti-American's crockumentary of President Bush. Our film really is different. It is filled with something called the truth.</p>

<p>Yes, folks, this is the same Peter Paul whom Hillary Rotten Clinton disavowed through Howard Wolfson a few days after the concert.</p> <p>Yes, this is the same Peter Paul who provided proof to her attorney on July 11, 2001 of $1.6 million he donated to her.</p>

THE MILWAUKEE 5 ON TRIAL By Michelle Malkin   ·   January 09, 2006 06:22 PM If these dudes were Republicans, their faces would have been all over the news today as their trial on felony counts of vandalism in the Election Day 2004 tire-slashing of more than 20 vehicles rented by Republican campaigners finally got underway: Sowande Ajumoke Omokunde, son of congresswoman Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee). (Credit: Milwaukee County Police.) Michael Pratt, son of former Milwaukee mayor Marvin Pratt. (Credit: Milwaukee County Police.) Three other alleged tire-slashers: Lewis Caldwell (top-left), Justin Howell (top-right), and Lavelle Mohammed (bottom). (Credit: Milwaukee County Police.) The...

MIDI - YOU WON'T SEE ME I gave you more than a million bucks...but then you told me I'm out of luck You were happy as you could be...but soon things changed, I would see And what now, Hill-ary? Now you don't know me...you don't know me You were pleased, indeed, with Spago's lunch....it was clear to you it cost a bunch You were happy as you could be...but soon things changed, I would see And what now, Hill-ary? Now you don't know me...you don't know me Time after time after time campaign laws you've been defying Then you...

HillCAP.org INTRO and EPISODES 1-10 11- $2,000 Returned, We Keep the 2 Mil, Meet Bill on AF One with More 12 – Hillary’s Laundromat at 88 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 13 - How Is David Rosen Like Sally Field? 14 - Lying Chart of Sandler Was Like Unwelcome Visiting Relative 15 – If Rosen Didn’t Do It, Who Did It? 16 – The Civil Trial Is Coming (in song) 17 - BWAHAHAHAHA! Fidel Castro Thinks Peter Is a Very, Very Bad Man 18 - Are Cher and Dianna Ross Chopped Liver? 19 - Who Else Has Joined FreeRepublic from...

FOR BACKGROUND: www.HillCAP.org; PETER PAUL AND HILLARY SERIES After following the drama in New York about whether Jeanine Pirro was in or out of a race against Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton, I made a call to the New York GOP headquarters yesterday. It appears that Jeanine is staying in the race, rather than making a try for Attorney General. At least, that is the plan for now. I called to discuss the one issue that Pirro could use that may actually have some impact -- the 2000 campaign finance fraud by Hillary and her campaign team. The lady who answered...

FULL STORY ON HILLCAP.ORG BRIEF SUMMARY: 1. Ed Rendell, Chairman of the DNC, invited Peter Paul to attend an Algore fundraiser of Los Angeles attorneys 2. At the event, Rendell told him that he could sponsor such an event for Algore if he gave 150K 3. Paul agrees to give 150K in stock that can be cashed out in September; the FEC requires that an immediate memorandum for that pledge be filed. No such memorandum was filed. That is probably not signicant because they ultimately never received the cash from the stock pledge. 4. Peter Paul puts on the...

www.HillCAP.org INTRO and EPISODES 1-10 11- $2,000 Returned, We Keep the 2 Mil, Meet Bill on AF One with More 12 – Hillary’s Laundromat at 88 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 13 - How Is David Rosen Like Sally Field? 14 - Lying Chart of Sandler Was Like Unwelcome Visiting Relative 15 – If Rosen Didn’t Do It, Who Did It? 16 – The Civil Trial Is Coming (in song) 17 - BWAHAHAHAHA! Fidel Castro Thinks Peter Is a Very, Very Bad Man 18 - Are Cher and Dianna Ross Chopped Liver? =======================================================================NOTE: This is the 19th episode in a...

The Inquisition welcomes Peter Paul, the man who was the largest financial contributor to Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign. After the Clinton campaign failed to either declare or repay his multi-million dollar expenses, Paul filed suit against the Clintons. Paul's evidence formed the basis for the ongoing trial of Clinton finance director David Rosen on 3 felony counts, carrying a possible penalty of 15 years in the slammer. We'll ask Peter Paul what Hillary knew, and when she knew it.

Never Forget:   A Song for Hillary The whole world will be dancing in the streetwhen Hillary Rodham Clinton takes her Senate seat.No carpetbagger is she;she's a human Statue of Liberty.Hillary, Hillary, Hillary!We're so glad for the joy that she will bring. We can always count on her to do the right thing.She's faithful and honest, too.Thank God she's happened to me and you.Hillary, Hillary, Hillary! No matter what the voices of deception say,Vote Hillary Clinton on Election Day.No matter the problems, big or small; she will tackle and solve them all.The whole world will be dancing in the streetwhen...

Note: this is the second in a series of stories regarding the events surrounding the business relationship of entrepreneur Peter Paul, William Jefferson Clinton, and Hillary Rodham Clinton. It is a story that Hillary does not want you to know. SERIES INTRO No. 1 Peter Paul appeared briefly on the Hannity and Colmes Show to announce the launch of the Hillary Clinton Accountability Project and the website hillcap.org. Paul wants Hillary to finally take responsibility for her massive campaign finance fraud in 2000. Alan Colmes was on hand to reprise his almost legendary role. He was still shilling for the...

Peter Paul, the man who hosted and paid for the largest fundraising event of Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign, will appear around 9:15 tonight on Hannity & Colmes to announce the launch of the Hillary Clinton Accountability Project (HillCAP), a multi-pronged effort to put evidence of Hillary's criminal activity before the public. Paul's revelations have already led to the unprecedented indictment of her former national finance director, David Rosen, on four felony charges. Peter Paul will discuss the material being made available online for the first time this evening at HillCAP.org, which is scheduled to go live at 9:00 pm...

New York Sen. Hillary Clinton is making a public point of standing by her indicted campaign aide David Rosen, who served as finance chairman for her 2000 Senate race. "David Rosen worked hard for the campaign and we trust that when all the facts are in, he will be cleared," Mrs. Clinton's scandal lawyer, David Kendall said, in a statement released yesterday. "The Senate campaign committee has fully cooperated with the investigation." The top Democrat came to Rosen's defense the same day prosecutors revealed that Sen. Ted Kennedy's Brother-in-law, Ray Reggie, secretly taped Rosen on several occasions making "incriminating statements."...

In a letter released first to NewsMax.com late Friday, one-time senior Clinton advisor Dick Morris is warning former Hillary Clinton finance chairman David Rosen not to count on the Clintons' loyalty to save him from jail. In his open letter Morris headlines Rosen his fate: "She Won't Even Visit You in Jail." In an indictment unsealed in January, Rosen is charged with failing to report to the Federal Election Commission hundreds of thousands of dollars in contributions to Mrs. Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign in connection with an August 2000 Hollywood gala fundraiser. Rosen pled not guilty in February, and Clinton...

Americans United for Separation of Church and State has filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service alleging that Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's appearance in a Baptist church in Miami on Sunday, October 10, amounted to an illegal campaign rally. Meanwhile, Rep. Walter Jones (R.-N.C.), a conservative defender of the 1st Amendment rights of churches, says the incident bolsters his argument for legalizing political speech in churches. Jones is sponsor of the Houses of Worship Free Speech Restoration Act (HR 235) that would allow clergymen and others to expressly advocate or oppose candidates and political causes in a church...

Filmmaker Michael Moore responded Wednesday to the Michigan Republican Party's request that he be prosecuted for offering underwear and food to college students in exchange for their promise to vote. "It's ironic that Republicans have no problem with allowing assault weapons out on our streets, yet they don't want to put clean underwear in the hands of our slacker youth," Moore said in a statement. "The Republicans seem more interested in locking me up for trying to encourage people to participate in our democracy than locking up bin Laden for his attacks on our democracy." Moore said Republicans missed the...

Michigan prosecutors won't bring charges against filmmaker Michael Moore who state Republicans say broke the law when he offered new underwear and food to young people who promised to vote in the presidential election. On Tuesday, the Michigan GOP asked prosecutors in counties where Moore had spoken to bring charges against him. State law prohibits offering something of value in exchange for agreeing to vote. "It's ironic that Republicans have no problem with allowing assault weapons out on our streets, yet they don't want to put clean underwear in the hands of our slacker youth," Moore said, according to the...

Friday, October 8, 2004 Elaine Chao is looking out for you! Posted: October 8, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern By Rebecca Hagelin © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com The dark images of Enron and disturbing headlines of other dirty dealings by the unethical chieftains of some big businesses in recent years set America on a course of holding corporate executives accountable for the money they control. But what about the chieftains of Big Labor? Consider: John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO, has said, "transparency, accountability and full and accurate disclosure should be central goals of financial regulation." Of business. But try to apply those reasonable standards to...

Are Heinz employees working on the campaign? A series of e-mails made available to crushkerry.com may mean trouble for the Kerry campaign and the family of charities collectively known as the Heinz Family Philanthropies. The e-mails show employees of the various Heinz Family Philanthropies are deeply involved in John Kerry’s campaign for president, specifically in the recruitment of a speech coach, campaign scheduling, campaign organization, and even the setting up of a healthcare town hall-style meeting.The Heinz Family Philanthropies are tax-exempt charitable organizations and are forbidden to engage in partisan political activity. The e-mails could become more evidence in what...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California's lieutenant governor paid a record $263,000 fine for violating campaign donation limits in his run against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the state's political watchdog agency said Tuesday. California's Fair Political Practices Commission charged in a civil lawsuit filed in January that Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante and his supporters improperly moved $3.8 million between campaign committees during the recall election in an effort to skirt contribution limits. Although agency officials have said Bustamante faced fines of as much as $9 million, the $263,000 settlement is still the largest ever paid in California by a candidate. The agreement...

There are still nine months to go before the South Dakota Senate election between Minority Leader Tom Daschle and his Republican challenger, former Rep. John Thune. The campaign hasn’t really started yet, but you might as well get ready now for the post-election investigation into voting irregularities. It’s a sure thing. And while you’re at it, you might as well prepare for a murky end to that investigation. There might be clear evidence of wrongdoing, but no one will be found guilty of doing anything wrong. And then it will be on to the next election. Last week, we saw...