Reply #47: Stay tuned... the denouement continues as this

[Pithy Cherub]

is just the beginning of the people seeing a smidget of what goes on behind the curtain. Follow the money...

The use of walking around money, most recently from the sleazy Lieberman, is a microcosm of what happens. Past use of mega church pastors like T.D. Jakes by the Bushes is a known commodity. The Indian gaming money is a known thing. There is also money for the media that has been exposed to a small degree - pay for pundit services. It is sad, but many more people are about to see even more agressive and eggregious tactics that are embedded in the political process.

Strategically, the endorsement derby is part and parcel of machine politics. Clinton(s) had a machine and losing the ability to dispense DNC money to a certain pipeline of consultants (why are certain ones on TV :freak: that represent a POV consistent with theirs most often) was a reward mechanism. Edwards needs cash to play and watch his contracts go up as the South Carolinian primary is important to his nascent hopes and that hinges on AA's. The doubling offer by Edwards was an indicator of how badly he needs those endorsements. Obama on the low end is indicative that he is willing to play using the system - but he has other sources/assets to offset these types of endorsements. Clinton needs them the most as she is running a general election campaign in the midst of a presidential primary which is akin to a all or nothing strategy which is never smart. Watch Nevada where the courting of influential Latinos and Labor is ongoing.

Here is what is about to upset the political ca$hcart even more, us Californians are now "must haves" in a state that has 36,000,000 people and the number 6 economy in the world while we double as the economic driver of politics with donations. The money system is embedded in how money is bundled - which is why the big donors owned candidates AND policy for so long. To name a mere two, Tammany Hall and the Daley machine are no accidents.

Stay tuned there's more to come and its going to be just as shocking.