Driving along Highway 41 linking the Fox cities you see and hear one reason for the Republican surge: money.
The problem surged as money and ambition coursed through streets where rules are generally seen as obstacles to be circumvented, and rights are proportional to power, connections and money.
To its credit, Brazil's government has the economy growing again and exports are surging, generating more money for debt payments.
Negotiations continue for more conservation sales, with money surging into funds organized by groups like the Nature Conservancy and the Trust for Public Lands.
But as Congress debates whether to send another rush of public money surging through the economy, the politics appear nettlesome — particularly in the thick of a presidential election campaign that may well be decided on economic ground.
Evangelical Christians, backed by American collection-plate money, are surging northwards, clashing with Islamic fundamentalists, backed by Saudi petrodollars, surging southwards.
THE FLOW OF REMITTANCES In the rest of the world, remittances are surging, but the migrant money heading to Mexico is virtually flat, and families are feeling the squeeze.
Now, attracted by the developing world's better growth prospects and exceptionally low interest rates in rich countries, money is surging back.It is hard to know just how much cash is flowing in: complete data on countries' balance-of-payments positions are available only with a long lag.
The result is that money is surging into super PACs, the independent committees that nevertheless tend to be firmly aligned with one party or candidate.
Peruvians choose their new president on Sunday amid dire warnings that frontrunner Keiko Fujimori, if she wins, would oversee surging corruption and cocaine money penetrating the highest levels of government.
