Political Intelligence

Not long ago, a question about an IPO purchase was posed to Nancy Pelosi by a 60 minutes reporter during one of her press conferences. The story related to that question is contained in this well produced report on legal corruption in Washington D.C.

Although a bit long, stay tuned to the last five minutes to get the full effect ...



... and from a column today, hitting a little closer to home here in Montana, there's this ...
'The only thing “super” about the so-called budget control super committee is the size of lobbying muscle exerted on its members. Almost 100 registered lobbyists who are former employees of super committee members are now “representing defense companies, health-care conglomerates, Wall Street banks and others with a vested interest in the outcome of the panel’s work,” the Washington Post found in September. This includes two dozen former staffers to Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, including three former chiefs of staff.' -