[the_Watchman]

There's a basic premise here that it is acceptable to use campaign donations in order to feather your own bed. Why is it that some campaign donations for influence are "bad" while it's O.K. for Toricelli to wield political influence by controlling this money?

[cajun-jack]

i remember when i was a small boy that someone said when ex-gov jimmy davis was trying to make a comeback, he was asked...gov..do u think u can win....davis replied...don't have to win, there's damn good money in running.....i did not personally hear this conversation but it was a common story back then.....fact or fiction..i'm sure it represents the mindset of lots of pols.