The McCain campaign is now hoovering up more cash than ever, thanks to conservative rage at the “liberal media”.

现在保守党对“自由媒体”大为光火，麦凯恩的竞选团队因此大敛其财。

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Since then he has held numerous corporate directorships and, uncharacteristically, appeared in an AD campaign for Chrysler (reportedly to help the ailing firm, rather than for the cash).

此后，他出任了若干团体董事(corporate directorship)之职，而且不同寻常地在一场为克莱斯勒进行的广告活动中亮相(据报道，此举是为了帮助这家身处困境的企业，而非为了赚钱)。

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There is an urgency to this task: she has only until late August to raise the cash from donors to repay herself more than $11 million she has personally loaned her campaign.

此项任务时间紧迫：希拉里只有截至八月底的时间筹集款项归还以个人名义借来的一千一百万美元竞选资金。

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When incumbents cannot gain an advantage over challengers by bringing home the pork, they will go for the next best thing enough campaign cash to allow them to outspend their challengers at election time.

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Mr Lazio can also count on the many Hillary-haters outside New York, who stumped up a fortune for Rudy's campaign, and even if Mr Giuliani exercises his right to keep that cash for some future campaign of his own are likely to do the same for his successor in the Senate race.

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The simple answer is that politicians benefit from the current mess, using their power over tax laws to raise campaign cash, reward friends, punish enemies, and play politics.

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