12/18/2007 7:04:18 PM PST
· 8 of 21 rond
to Nachum
Brazil seems closer and closer with each passing "improvement" to society.
MOTHER: By the way, I saw a wonderful idea for Christmas presents at the chemists. Gift tokens. Medical gift tokens.
MRS TERRAIN: Oh, that sounds marvellous.
MOTHER: Yes, they're good at any doctor's and at many of the major hospitals -- and they're accepted for gynecological complications including Caesarian section.
07/19/2007 8:48:54 PM PDT
· 5 of 6 rond
to Optimist
A nightmare is faced by candidates/races that have received unlimited contributions to date: They will either have to return the excess over previous limits (this could be 10's of thousands of dollars per candidate), or challengers and/or candidates that have not yet begun their fundraising program will be at a distinct disadvantage having to now raise funds under the new restrictions (while their opponent had no restrictions at all).
It's much more than 10s of thousands per candidate. In the governor's race alone, both Matt Blunt and Jay Nixon have received contributions of $100,000-plus from individuals. Together they raised $2.6 million in the last quarter.
How do they ever hope to go back to the $1,275 limit for the guv's race?