Hawkeye Republican

NO JACK ABRAMOFF HERE, THANK YOU: The Burlington Hawk Eye reports that we're a pretty clean state. Good thing too, since last year's record-breaking $5.1 million fundraising rainbow clanged into the gubernatorial race's pot of gold.

Nussle led the horse race with about half of those funds, while Dem front-runner Culver accepted a $15,000 contribution from Chappaquiddick Kennedy. Luckily, it was in dollars and not Guinness.