A few people in Baltimore did not wake up as excited to be in the city as Tracy Turnblad earlier this week. Councilwoman Helen Holton and developer Ronald Lipscomb were indicted Wednesday on bribery charges related to tax breaks for buildings under construction on the city's harbor waterfront.

Gov. Bill Richardson (D-N.M.) withdrew his nomination for Commerce Secretary on Sunday amid some possible pay-to-play with his fundraisers. With one gubernatorial scandal already in Illinois, this isn't surprising.

Let’s say you have some extra money in your war chest during your election bid – what do you plan to do with it? Well, if you’re a Michigan lawmaker, you may just be buying pigs for your supporters. Yes, that’s right, pigs. A recent article in The Detroit News details many instances in which incumbent politicians made inane purchases with campaign cash during the past election.