October 26, 2007

Grill an Elephant or a Donkey and You Might Get Pork

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

Fiscal watchdogs have made pork-barrel spending an issue in the presidential race by pressing candidates who have served in Congress to disclose the pet projects they've sought to finance. Disclosures so far have been largely along party lines: the Republicans are telling, while the Democrats, except for Barack Obama, are not.

The Republican candidates may be talking because of the losses their party took in last year's election. Some GOP lawmakers were caught up in scandals related to

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