81. Perhaps this explains the lackadaisical concern we show for who is financing campaigns. 82. Recently it has also become clear that they offer competing approaches to conducting and financing campaigns. 83. Reports have circulated for months that Samper financed his campaign with drug money. 84. Republicans said Democrats would not be able to do any better than the Republicans themselves in holding down the deficit while also financing the campaign against terrorism. 85. Samper has been accused of taking drug money to help finance the campaign. 86. Sen. John McCain on Wednesday all but conceded the defeat of his bill to reform the American system of financing political campaigns. 87. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., who financed her campaign with her own money but then got bloodied in the dot.com meltdown, will be the beneficiary. 88. Schiff said Rogan is mimicking the campaign strategy of former Orange County Republican Rep. Bob Dornan, who financed his campaigns with pleas to conservatives nationwide. 89. Soft money comes from sources such as corporate donations or labor-union dues and cannot legally be given to federal candidates or used to finance their campaigns. 90. Still, changing the way campaigns are financed is a relatively low priority for voters. |