Let’s say you have some extra money in your war chest during your election bid – what do you plan to do with it? Well, if you’re a Michigan lawmaker, you may just be buying pigs for your supporters. Yes, that’s right, pigs. A recent article in The Detroit News details many instances in which incumbent politicians made inane purchases with campaign cash during the past election.

By the time January 2008 rolled around, presidential candidates were already breaking campaign finance records. And by November 4th, they had shattered even more. With so many candidates, so much money, and so much riding on the outcome, campaign contributions were major headlines this year. Below is my list of the top five money and politics stories for 2008 (in no particular order).

As I was checking my Google news alerts this morning, I came across this article from the Arizona Capitol Times highlighting "quotes of the year." One in particular caught my eye.