A Few Points to Ponder (and a Chuckle)

From Capitol Ideas earlier this week:

Charity Begins At Home ...
During his speech, Bush praised Swann and his wife Charena for being "charitable people" with "big hearts."
So, we pause for a moment to remind you that, in 2005, the Swanns had an income of $1.06 million and donated just $6,600 to charity.
In contrast, Gov. Ed and wife Midge reported income of $618,560, and donated $49,869 to charity in 2005.
Not that anyone's keeping score.

While I'm normally inclined towards saving money, I found the Swann campaign's initial strategy of selling his published campaign platform a little much. The secondary strategy of putting it up on the web as a pdf file is an improvement but note tempting enough for me to pay for printing and paper.

For your amusement, this item from politicspa's "up and down" list this week:

The good news for Rick Santorum is that three new polls show him just six points behind challenger Bob Casey Jr. There's no doubt he is making gains. The bad news, for a guy that is "packing on the pounds" coverage of his onion ring eating and "I need some grease" shows he isn't addressing the small subset of voters who like Santorum because they think he's sexy.

ummmm..........