, but it is not unusual to spend $10 million for campaign every six years, or $20 million, like jon corzine in new jersey's spent $63 million. you figure that out in terms of how much you have to raise per day. and there are thousands of >> -- thousands of dollars per day. how do you keep your sanity? maybe we need to go back to when states were elected by state legislatures, spread all that time and money around. it is a real issue of major concern. >> this is one of the most polarized. odds and terms of politics. that affects the senate heard what you see is the principal causes of that? >> that is the big question. that is the major question. certainly the fact is that the nation is polarized, and the senate is a reflection of the nation. the nation is heavily engaged in the middle east, huge deficits, major issues with the quality of education, the average american student getting, health care the number one issue on the list -- labor, all of these problems facing cop -- facing congress. they all received time. we got a bushel basket full right now, what all the blockers with all the bl

to do some of this stuff, but we also may find that senators have come either they are wealthy, jon corzine, willing to expend an extreme amount of money to get elected, or they have access to funds. that is crucial to running for the senate. it strikes me that it helps to be partisan, and it helps to have a very thick skin. other kinds of candidates may be less inclined to run in this environment and less inclined to serve with highly charged partisan elements to both running for the senate and serving in the senate. you have to be used to personal attacks, willing to take on personal attacks but sometimes from your colleagues even but often certainly from your opponents, often personal ones. it is not fun. i think time after time the legislature tells us this is not fun. so these costs may really change the kind of people who seek to enter the process. and indeed we find, and i have some papers as well, the entry patterns do differ some. we have more professional politicians coming into the senate, fewer people from the private sector and particularly people from legislative backgrounds.

that nearly twice as many of his staff members are making more than $100,000 than in democrat jon corzine's administration. we brought you the story on the grapevine last night. christie's office says corzine shuffled staff members around to make it look like fewer people were on his payroll. corzine's office did not respond to that claim. finally, one european union leader thinks vacation is not a luxury, but a necessity. the e.u. commissioner antonio dejani says traveling is a human right and wants to use taxpayer dollars to help subsidize trips for those who cannot afford it. the plan would see taxpayers footing part of the holiday tab for seniors, young people ages 18 to 25, disabled people and families facing, "difficult social, financial or personal circumstances." >>> when asked why he robbed banks, legendary thief sutton said, "because that's where the money is." so it may not come as a surprise that the i.r.s. has launch ad campaign targeting law-breakers with a lot of money. chief washington correspondent jim angle is tracking your taxes tonight. >> reporter: the u.s. government i

in new jersey governor chris christie's administration as opposed to jon corzine's administration. christie proposed to lay off state workers and he is spending $200 million more on salaries than the predecessor. 17 people made more than $100,000 under corzine last year compared to 34 currently earning six figures under christie. we reached out to christie's office for a comment but have not heard back yet. >>> senior iranian cleric is shaping things up saying loose women wearing revealing clothing are are, get this, to blame for earthquakes. iranian media says the acting friday prayer leader said, "many women who do not dress modestly spread adultery in society which con quently increases earthquake. what can we do to avoid being buried under the rubble? adapt our lives to islam's moral codes." legend has it, he told his father, "i cannot tell a lie." but apparently george washington our first president wasn't as conscientious about library books. new york's oldest library says it uncovered a ledger showing america's first president borrowed two books in october of 1789 and never

staff of the new governor chris christie was earning $2 million a year more than the predecessor, jon corzineie's staff is taking $440,000 more. like that's okay. the associated press regrets the error. as to tonight's worsts, the bronze to james murdoch, ozzie pirate jr., heir apparent to his father, rupert. rupert murdoch won't decide this election, you will. murdoch, the younger and the publisher of all of british papers stormed into the office of the independent, demanded to see the editor in chief and yelled at him over the ad for 20 minutes. they strode in like a scene out of dodge city, said one witness. what are you f-ing playing at? he reportedly began. according to the newspaper, he accused the editor of breaking the unwritten code that proprietors do not attack each other. oh, jimmy, you're new here. rules? there are no rules. our runner up, congressman brian doeb bray of california with one of the dumbest things ever said in the increasingly desperate effort to diz guys arizona's official state racism as anything else. chris matthews asked him what, when they go looking for possib

jon corzine became a u.s. senator and later new jersey's governor. robert rubin also ran goldman, then left to become treasury secretary under president clinton. then went back to work for citigroup and was an economic adviser to president obama during the campaign and a mentor of mr. obama's top current economic aides. more goldman alums were currently in high positions in washington. representative jim hines currently sits on the house financial services committee. overseeing financial companies. hines is a former goldman vice president. gary gensler is the current chairman of the u.s. commodities futures trading commission and his office is expected to have a big hand in the future regulation of the derivatives market. he's also a goldman sachs alum. and many people might recognize this man, neel kashkari. he was the point man on t.a.r.p. funds, helping to dole out some. on top of this, there are more than 40 former congressional staffers and federal agency employees who registered in 2009 to lobby on behalf of goldman sachs. that's according to t