If you think lawmakers are being bought with dinners, you're missing the big story.

A potential representative seems to be bought and paid for by one individual.

The sky's the limit on what these interests will spend on this fight.

But they didn't raise squat, so the next election cycle, they decided to do it by any means necessary, and corporate money is a lot easier to raise.

Perry appears to have an affirmative-action program for wealthy donors.