The Sarasota Herald-Tribune's Kirsten Mitchell reported that Sen. Pete Domenici and 16 other Republican senators, who support the easing of offshore drilling restrictions on the Outer Continental Shelf for oil and gas, have received more than $3 million in campaign contributions from individuals and PACS affiliated with the oil and gas industry since Jan. 1, 2007.

The Washington Post's Matthew Mosk reported that Steven A. Betts, a top presidential campaign fundraiser for Sen. John McCain, was one of several Arizona developers who benefited from McCain-engineered land swaps.

The New York Times reported that influential Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby's ties run deep in the mortgage industry and local real estate market.

McClatchy Newspapers correspondent Greg Gordon in the Kansas City Star article, "Disclosures understate finances of Clinton, McCain, Obama," reported that Sen. Hillary Clinton excluded nearly $24 million of her husband's earnings from Senate financial statements from 2004 through 2006.

TheStreet.com's John Stout cited the Center's Buying of the President 2008 chapter on Stealth Campaigns in "How Much Does It Cost to Buy a Presidency?" Political non-profit groups, such as MoveOn.org and the American Leadership Project, "will probably play an important role in this presidential election," he said.

Craig Newmark, Internet entrepreneur and Craigslist founder, mentioned the Center's examination of political 501(c)(4) and 527 committees in the presidential race in his Huffington Post blog. In part II of its series on stealth campaigns, the Center compared Freedom's Watch with MoveOn.org.

The Huffington Post, in "Wal-Mart Plays Politics with Charity," talked about the Center's posted video footage of Wal-Mart manager meetings that discussed employee contributions to the company's PAC.

In the The Politico's blog, "The Crypt," Jeanne Cummings called the Center's Wal-Mart clips "some pretty interesting video."

The Center's Wal-Mart videos were featured in Harper's Magazine Washington Babylon weblog in "Wal-Mart Political Videos: The ABCs of Buying Influence."

On HDNet, Dan Rather Reports examines Wal-Mart's PAC mentality.

The Kansas City Star in "Wal-Mart videos give Lenexa firm a new lease on life" featured the video production company hired to videotape Wal-Mart Store openings, shareholder and manager meetings.

"The numbers behind the stories" is a new report by the Center for Global Development (CGD) based on data provided by the Center. In 2006, in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center, the U.S. government released funding information about the President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR). Part of that data was used in the Center's award-winning Divine Intervention investigation and part was shared with CGD for their report.

The Courier-Journal in "Lobbyists throw Thunder party for senators" mentions that a special dinner for Kentucky state senators will be paid for by more than a dozen Kentucky companies and lobbying firms during Thunder Over Louisville.

The Denver Post reported in "Abramoff ties cloud Schaffer's '99 fact-finding trip" the details behind a "fact-finding" trip taken by former Conressman Bob Schaffer to the Northern Mariana Islands organized by convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff.