John Hugya, Pennsylvania Representative Jack Murtha’s chief of staff, used Murtha campaign funds to buy a rifle and some knives and other gun-nut baubles at an auction held by the Friends of the National Rifle Association. And then Hugya counted the $2151 he spent as a gift from the Murtha campaign, even though the Murtha folks said the money was a payment to Friends of the NRA for “advertising.” Talk about a scandal! MORE »

Massachusetts Gov. and presumptive presidential candidate Mitt Romney is raking in oodles of $$$ from “homemakers,” reports the Boston Phoenix, which further hypothesizes whence the appeal: MORE »