Ultimately, the question of campaign contributions will be decided by the public.

made generous campaign contributions to Pataki.

The goal of what I have done with my charitable contributions is the same as it is in my public life: to try and make the world a little bit better,

The governor's spokeswoman says there is no relationship between the campaign contributions and any of the governor's policies. She says he has core commitments, which he lays out and has laid out and he follows in office, and he is not influenced by the money in any way,

There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed.

Independence means you decide according to the law and the facts.