President-Elect Obama’s extraordinary success in online fundraising has members of Congress on Fantasy Island believing they will replicate his results.

Obama’s victory is a good sign though wealthy donors still dominate campaigns through joint fund-raising committees.

Loopholes in campaign finance rules allow presidential candidates to stretch the limits when collecting donations.

McCain, Obama devote more TV ads to negative hits of the other guy, and focus on the Midwest battleground.

Sen. McCain and the Republican National Committee are using election law loopholes to keep building his campaign war chest.

Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) was on NPR's All Things Considered yesterday promoting his new book. In his interview, Sen. Obama talked about the problem with money in politics and his desire that elections be publicly financed. Click here to listen to the clip. 1.4 mb (requires Real Player).