Presidential candidates are being asked more questions about the ties between the money they take for their campaigns and the decision they'll make in office. As a result, several candidates have taken public stances against traditional big money fundraising, and against lobbyist money. Keep reading for the latest from candidates John Edwards and Dennis Kucinich on the subject.

Right there in the middle of Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-IL) video blog announcement that he is forming an exploratory committee for the 2008 presidential race was an eloquent statement about what’s wrong with politics in America today:
 

America’s faced big problems before, but today our leaders in Washington seem incapable of working together in a practical common sense way. Politics has become so bitter and partisan, so gummed up by money and influence, that we can’t tackle the big problems that demand solutions. And that’s what we have to change first.