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	<title><![CDATA[Battle For The West: Bundles of Cash]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ryan-rivera/battle-for-the-west-bundl_b_129386.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p><strong>Bundling Quid Pro Quo</strong><br />
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<em>(image source: <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/05/money_why_clinton_lost_obama_w.html" target="_blank">nymag.com</a>)</em></p>

<p>Campaign finance laws may limit the amount an individual can give to a candidate, but there's no end to the number of friends and associates you can rally behind your favorite pol and take credit when you deliver the loot.Bundlers -- the usually rich and powerful people with equally rich and powerful friends -- <a id="p_03" title="funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars" href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bundling" target="_blank">funnel hundreds...</a></p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Off The Bus]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-10-26T05:12:00-04:00</date_published>
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