This seems wrong. I mean, really? Tell me there's another side to this story. "Once on the ground, FEC filings suggest, Steele travels in style. A February RNC trip to California, for example, included a $9,099 stop at the Beverly Hills Hotel, $6,596 dropped at the nearby Four Seasons, and $1,620.71 spent [update: the amount is actually $1,946.25] at Voyeur West Hollywood, a bondage-themed nightclub featuring topless women dancers imitating lesbian sex." - Christopher Chung

It's OK if you're a Republican. - Andy Ackerman

I think one of the news outlets that reported this (might have been CNN, edit: oh, Huffington Post has it at the bottom too) said that the reimbursement for the strip club was submitted by a vendor who did work for the RNC and got rubber-stamped through the reimbursement process and that he's refunding the money. The fact that it got approved at all, though, definitely seems wrong. The other travel expenses are pretty crazy too, but does anyone really think that ANY career politicians in this country roll any other way? - Brian Chang