31/12/1969 :Conventions blend money, parties, ethics rules
(AP)
: AP - Barack Obama and John McCain have burnished images as politicians who keep special interests at arms' length, yet there won't be much stiff-arming at their nominating conventions.
31/12/1969 :AP IMPACT: Campaigns take cash, seek details later
(AP)
: AP - Neither Barack Obama nor John McCain has consistently followed the government's instructions for keeping prohibited foreign money out of their presidential campaigns, and some of that banned money has slipped into Obama's campaign.
