After the Republicans took control of Congress in '94 and Newt Gingrich and company came to town, the money moved from being roughly equal between Democrats and Republicans to very heavily Republican.

For Congress and the president, because they have had to make so much money to get elected, their options to implement reform are limited and probably not politically feasible.

Whoever is elected to Congress and the presidency is going to have a satchel full of political IOUs to deliver on.

The money provides a buffer that could keep Bradley in the race longer than the voters would.

Oil companies can see the winds have shifted even with Republicans in control of Congress. The White House is reeling. All of a sudden the industry does not have the strong backing it had six months ago.

Oil companies can see the winds have shifted even with Republicans in control of Congress,