The Appearance Of Influence

Generally speaking there are two types of political scandal: the sex scandal and the money scandal. The first type of scandal, perhaps for obvious reasons, gets more attention from public and press. Think of Bill Clinton and the blue dress, Mark Sanford hiking the Appalachian Trail all the way to his Argentine mistress, General David Petraeus going all in with his biographer (and sharing much more than pillow talk) and, of course, the continuing saga of former Senator Larry Craig’s wide stance in the Minneapolis airport. One could go on and on – Packwood, Weiner, Edwards – it is a long, long and bipartisan list. The other type of scandal – the money scandal – is generally less memorable, but also more important/ Marc Johnson , The Johnson Post. More here .