Mr. Karzai's ties to Mr. Obama himself are, at best, distant.
His family has direct ties to Erdogan himself.
With the entities bearing names as varied as 2468 Group, 8927 Group, JP Group and Slade Group, it would be nearly impossible for anybody reviewing campaign finance disclosure reports to know that the sources of the money are entities with ties to Mr. Paladino himself.
It also says that Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health, who has historical ties to Nemeroff, recused himself from the review.
He was a Muslim, but maintained ties to Buddhism, educating himself on Pali, the sacred script of Theravada Buddhism, and helped found the Mandalay College (modern Mandalay University).
It's also worth noting that one of Perry's own top campaign officials, his national finance co-chairman James H. Lee, has plenty of ties to Wall Street himself.
He had to tie himself to the bed for years to stop himself attacking his wife in his sleep.
Throughout the campaign, Mr. Knowles, 61, tied to portray himself as separate from the national Democratic Party, pointing to his leadership while governor from 1994 to 2002.
Office No. 39 is directly tied to Kim himself, who set it up way back in 1974, when his father, Kim Il Sung, was still in power.
Mr. Lieberman, the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2000, sought to tie himself to the Clinton legacy, laying out plans to build on 10 Clinton policy initiatives.
