NPR's Peter Overby analyzes the implications of Ralph Reed's loss, and cites our ad holding Reed accountable. Note: Overby attributes the ad to our sister organization, Public Campaign. Public Campaign Action Fund's Campaign Money Watch project was responsible for the ad.

It's official, Ralph Reed has ended his bid for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia.

Read the statement by David Donnelly, Director, Campaign Money Watch, below.

Here is the AP story.

Editorials across the country seize on the escalating Jefferson scandal, continuing developments surrounding Jack Abramoff's dealings, and allegations of corruption on both sides of the aisle to weigh in on reform.

A lot -- too much -- is made of the Democrat's "culture of corruption" message being hampered by the investigations into two of their own.

Apparently the Abramoff affair is having a chilling effect on DC restaurants as lobbyists are forced to...have lunch with each other!

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a government watchdog group, called on both the I.R.S. and Congress to investigate Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA) for alleged ethical violations.