Influence Peddling

You twenty-somethings who are reading this, if you can't take your day job after being part of such a political earthquake like last week's election, go find your local Member of Congress and apply for a job.

As with 9/11, the administration tried to exploit a tragic situation for their own ends. And this five-day stock market plunge shows that, as with 9/11, they've made a grave situation even worse.

McCain aide Randy Scheunemann's cronies bragged to potential investors that his role in getting us bogged down in Iraq gives him strong influence with the U.S. government.