NEVERMIND THAT SHE'S THE ONLY EXECUTIVE...:

Palin's Small Alaska Town Secured Big Federal Funds
Gallery (Paul Kane, 9/01/08, Washington Post)

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin employed a lobbying firm to secure almost $27 million in federal earmarks for a town of 6,700 residents while she was its mayor, according to an analysis by an independent government watchdog group.

Obama, Biden's Son Linked by Earmarks James V. Grimaldi and Kimberly Kindy, Washington Post)

Sen. Barack Obama sought more than $3.4 million in congressional earmarks for clients of the lobbyist son of his Democratic running mate, Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, records show. Obama succeeded in getting $192,000 for one of the clients, St. Xavier University in suburban Chicago.

She's even the more effective legislator. Mr. Biden's kid should have gone to her for help.

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 2, 2008 6:13 AM