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Dialing for dollars

Here's a look at the nuts and bolts of the Bush fundraising machine. If you look at the Pioneers and Rangers, the phrase cui bono comes to mind.

More possible sleaziness: An association of Republican Attorneys General routinely solicited contributions from companies they might later be required to prosecute for things like product liability. Bush's nomination of Alabama AG William Pryor is likely to be delayed because of this; Pryor said he had no connection to fundraising, but a whistleblower has come forward and shown documents intimating otherwise. The vote is being delayed.