Always in campaign fundraising a candidate wants an upward trajectory and both candidates seem to show that right now.

It's a seemingly legitimate way of pointing out hypocrisy. Is there really hypocrisy there? Probably, but in more cases, probably not.

Two and a half million dollars is a lot of money if you're running in any Congressional district, to have on hand, to spend.

It's created a class of super-lobbyists. They can get out of the lobby and into the inner sanctums of the Capitol.

The enforcement arms of Congress have been missing in action for quite some time and it's unclear whether adding more rules for them not to enforce would do any good.

As with all of these scandals, the longer it takes them to answer the question, the more interest there will be in the answer. Answer the question and put the questions to rest.