Remember how former Vice President Al Gore was caught engaging in illegal fundraising, both at a Buddhist Temple and from the White House itself? Al's defense, as you might recall, was to say that there was "no controlling legal authority" and then calling for more campaign finance reform laws. Most Democrats, and some Republicans, also called for more laws. Eventually the "McCain Feingold" law was passed.

As usual, however, no authority is "controlling" enough for the party of Clinton. It looks like the Democrats--after claiming to support campaign finance reform--are once again working over time to skirt the law. According to the Associated Press: Democratic-leaning interest groups are emerging as a "shadow party" working to raise millions of dollars to try to defeat President Bush while working around a new law designed to take big money out of politics.

Well, at least they're consistent...consistently crooked.