HARRISBURG - For most politicians, the worst part about the job is the money they have to raise to remain in office...Not Gov. Rendell. He loves it...Almost three decades into his political career - and a week away from ending what he claims will be his last campaign - he has mastered the game of getting people to write large, often eye-popping, checks...In his two campaigns for governor, he has raised more than $70 million - $30 million of that for this year's governor's race, in which he faced no primary opponent and in which he is trouncing his opponent, Republican Lynn Swann, in the polls....Rendell asks and the cash rolls in, Angela Couloumbis, Mario F. Cattabiani and Dylan Purcell, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 10/31/2006
It's too bad that this election, Gov. Rendell's swan song, is a sad song for Lynn Swann. The greatest receiver in Steeler history has hardly caught a pass from donors, including the RNC. It's just another example of the con of campaign finance reform. There hasn't been any. Its only function, especially McCain-Feingold, is to muzzle new voices.
Luther
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