please, indorse ed kangas's three principals. you'll hear some animated debate. but we're not kleptocracy. russia maye a kleptocracy. some of the saw the article in "the financi times close vote yesterday or the other day about the rampant spread of bribery of a the country that frustrates economic development. the lack of an independent judiciary frustrate economic development. plenty of studies show this. this is not a kleptocracy. he was going to talk on the panel fit, mike? >> well, thank you, landon rowland, to do for your leadership here. what we're going to do is hold questions until the end. we're going to hear sam rodgers from zogby who will summarize, if you will, some of the findings of this recent survey. sam serves as a communications director and spokesman for zogby international. he joined zogby as a research analyst in 2006. i think when you s the results, wanting a particular that will stand out is the last few questions -- one thing a particular that will stand out is the last few questions on corporate giving. it seemed overwhelmingly that corp

please, indorse ed kangas's three principals. you'll hear some animated debate. but we're not kleptocracy. russia may be a kleptocracy. some of the saw the article in "the financial times close vote yesterday or the other day about the rampant spread of bribery of a the country that frustrates economic development. the lack of an independent judiciary frustrates economic development. plenty of studies show this. this is not a kleptocracy. he was going to talk on the panel first, mike? >> well, thank you, landon rowland, to do for your leadership here. what we're going to do is hold questions until the end. we're going to hear sam rodgers from zogby who will summarize, if you will, some of the findings of this recent survey. sam serves as a communications director and spokesman for zogby international. he joined zogby as a research analyst in 2006. i think when you see the results, wanting a particular that will stand out is the last few questions -- one thing a particular that will stand out is the last few questions on corporate giving. it seemed overwhelmingly

this is another area frrow for kangas to work on. >> my experience would be that most ceos it there or in to give major contributions of any type of mixture the lead director of the board knows about it. to gohmert @? -- >> meredith? >> hi, meredith with the campaign legal center. i have a question specifically for the cdu leadership. the other day there was a column basically asking the rhetorical question, is a worrisome that americans spend less on political advocacy saitn they do on potato chips? from a business perspective, how do you react to that kind of analogy in which the spending of the money is equated to a robust political conversation, versus concerns about corruption. >> i happen to agree with george will. i would like the same people to spend the money that by the dictatorships. -- that buy the potatoe chips. i do not think that is what he meant. [laughter] >> well said, ed. any other questions? >> ken cooper. my question is more to ced. back in the 1973 to 1975. when the illegal corporate money finally came to light because of special prosecutors, i do not know if you