Obama is willing to disclose, yet his picture is splashed on the story with those who don't?

Why does this headline look exactly like something the National Enquirer would play up?

What the hell?? I choked when I saw this headline at abcnews.com with the pictures of McCain, Obama, and Giuliani. I was certain that Obama was being transparent; that is one of the many reasons I support him, and have even donated to his campaign. Well, well. He IS being transparent, according to Brian Ross's blog. So why the heck is ABC putting Obama's picture alongside two who are NOT being transparent. Yet again, we bust the bubble that is the myth that the media is liberal-biased! Shame on you ABC!

Obama is playing the money game along with everyone else, but if that's the only way to win under the current system, at least he is being more transparent about it than the other candidates:

Sorry, ABC. Slapping up a different picture that merely adds Edwards and Romney doesn't fix the fact the you ARE showing the faces of the only two candidates, Clinton and Obama, who ARE being transparent about "bundling" fundraisers. I can't believe that someone at ABCnews.com actually felt this was a remedy to what is at best a misleading photo. Did you really think that by including two more people we wouldn't notice??

As the former FBI chief Robert S. Mueller challenges and contradicts Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales’ sworn testimony over the Bush administration’s secret eavesdropping program, and the lying by Scooter Libby’s about national security issues, the unjust war in Irag, the raising of the minimum wage, the rape of our country’s resources, the lying about weapons of mass destruction, and all the other things to numerous to list herein, the U.S. Congress seems to be bringing up the temperture a notch or two on these corrupt Republicans and the Bush administration

Then there is the slippery slope on growth and lending worries sending the Dow industrials down some 300 points in the worst one-day decline since last February bringing home to roost the sad state of affairs these corrupt Republicans have brought this country into. Then, there is today a Federal Judge who blocked a local law designed to deter illegal immigration, a decision most likely will affect many communities around the country because local government no longer has any rights to apprehend or arrest lawbreakers in their communities. This federal district Judge James Munley in my opinion erred when he said the town of Hazleton in northeastern Pennsylvania acted unconstitutionally when it passed it’s Illegal Immigration Relief Act Ordinance under which businesses would be penalized for hiring illegal aliens and landlords would be fined for renting rooms to them. I wonder, what part of illegal does this federal judge not understand? If there is a violation of law does not the perpetrator face judgment at the bar of justice? In my opinion, if the local government cannot arrest a criminal for committing a criminal act this country is in wrost shape than I thought, and I mean serious shape.

There are no upstanding politicians.

Anyone who would actually be good at the job, wouldn't want it!

The only thing Obama can disclose is his complete incompetence and how chronically naive he his. This man could not run a lemonade stand.

Politicians will be politicians! Nothing about this is new. I do disagree with the title of this article. Excuse me, sure the candidates look bad, but nothing and I do mean NOTHING could make Bush and Cheney "look good" at this point.

$,$,$,$ is not politics should be about. It should be, in it's purest form a calling to serve our fellow human beings in a governmental role. We all know and are bombarded by e-mails begging us for donations for this candidate or that one and only they can solve our problems with our $. Wrong! We don't count, just our $ does and how much we can send or collect to these black holes of contributions. That to me is the epitome of political corruption.
I propose that we pool all the $ collected(time frame or amount as a limit) for various candidates and hand it out equally to each of them. Our system has degenerated into one of who has the most money will probably win and obviously that is not what this is supposed to be about. We must control the $ and then we will control the politicaian. If we don't then we are nothing more than money breeding machines for these smiling buffoons. Is the politican owned by the person who votes for him/her or owned by the coporations that buy that person with finances the tiv ads,newspapers ads,etc..?

There is no honor among politicians.

Are you kidding? Politicians will be politicians. I know those in the running may look pretty bad but there is absolutely NO WAY they or anyone else could make Bush and Chaney look "good" at this point.

Apperantly the American people are too ignorant, or too busy to find out that there are honest, responsible choices for 08. Kusinich and Paul are both men of integrity who are being systematically marginalized by commercial news organizations. It is a sad day in this countries history that this congress and the last have handed over the keys to the hen house to the wolves, while the watch dog press sleeps

Only ABC would find a way for bush & cheney to look good. Even if it was ONLY THEIR OPINION, I think it explains why most anti bush/cheney posts keep getting deleted from these pages, but that's ONLY MY OPINION.

Probably the majority of Americans that cheer for these "buffoons" and vote for them do so because in their eyes it is the candidate's ability to raise money that is a good indicator of their leadership, organizational, decision-making and management skills. I think a society only gets the leaders it deserves. The consistent lack of quality of America's leaders and its political process is only a reflection of the state of America's collective consciousness. Where are all the "intellectuals", "pundits" and "saints" who judge the politicians' non-performance and/or lack of morals? I do not see them act to create any alternative to this corrupt and decadent setup. Are they content sitting by the sidelines judging? Get over your silent apathy and act. Show America a better way! Darkness exists only when there is no light. Bad takes over when the good is silent. Personally, I am too confused to come up with a solution to this country's problems. Else I would not be sitting at my desk typing these words.