The “Barack The Magic Negro” video has made it to congress, and an RNC member is defending the controversial video. Tennessee Republican Chip Saltsman told CNN that, “I think most people recognize political satire when they see it. I think RNC members understand that."

Where natural disasters strike, political corruption is soon to follow, say the authors of a study in the Journal of Law and Economics. But it's not the wind and rain that turns good folks bad; it's the money that floods in afterwards from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

One would have had to have been asleep to have missed the latest bit of political corruption news: Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich (D) attempting to auction off Barack Obama's vacated Senate seat. Now President-Elect Obama is calling for Blagojevich's resignation.

Nine-term La. Congressman William Jefferson lost a close race to Republican attorney Anh "Joseph" Cao on Saturday. Jefferson, who is awaiting trial on bribery charges involving $90,000 found in his freezer.

Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State? Many say it's a done deal, including us. However, as things currently sit, the Constitution would prevent her from being appointed.

From Barack Obama's controversial pastor to Sarah Palin's "secret religion", religious values have continued to play a dominant role in the presidential election since John F. Kennedy became the first Catholic elected to president in 1960.

"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." The head of a voter registration group hired by the California Republican Party was arrested over the weekend for allegedly lying about his address in the state in order to appear to meet the legal requirement that all signature gatherers be eligible to vote in California.

MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell is reporting that Colin Powell will be on Meet the Press Sunday. Heavy speculation is an endorsement for Barack Obama. Endorsements don't do much. BUT. This endorsement is significant given that Powell is well-respected by many, including rethugs and Democrats.

Why are some countries more prone to political corruption? Viviana Stechina from Uppsala University, Sweden, has investigated why corruption among the political elite was more extensive in Argentina than in Chile during the 1990s. Among other things, her research shows that greater transparency does not necessarily lead to less corruption.

For only the second time in presidential debate history, a female nominee will take the stage to spar with a male opponent. While Geraldine Ferraro broke new ground in 1984, it has taken 24 years for another female to be included as part of a major party ticket.

Political conservatives operate out of a fear of chaos and absence of order while political liberals operate out of a fear of emptiness, a new Northwestern University study soon to be published in the Journal of Research in Personality finds.

Today a small group of 10 protesters interrupted a Barack Obama campaign rally. Their signs said things like: