But it happened because campaign fund-raising in that period overwhelmed all other considerations, including common sense.

And what about an unfair head start in campaign fund-raising?

But the power of government to regulate campaign fund-raising has been established for nearly a century.

"We make certain that the economic development professionals making these decisions have no involvement in the campaign fund-raising."

All the attention has been on campaign fund-raising and venomous television commercials.

"I think there are plenty of stories about campaign fund-raising for all the parties."

Now on the Senate committee investigating campaign fund-raising, she is getting national exposure for the first time.

As a result, the lawyers said, the aggressive dynamics of campaign fund-raising could take hold.

Many members added that campaign fund-raising had become overly time-consuming.

A reform of campaign fund-raising and its intersection with Government officials is clearly required.