Perdue has plans to be a lobbyst using his campaign funds

Sheer speculation or is it?

Perdue created a shell organisation for his left over campaign funds. If that wasn't illegal, it is unethical.

So why did he do that?

The New York Times covers the angle that ex-politicians are using their campaign funds to enrich themselves.

It would make a good reality show. "When politicians become private citizens."

For details on the underlying story, click here.

Massie Ritsch of the Center for Responsive Politics, said [he] could have considered giving the money back to donors or to charity. “Contributors should reasonably expect that their money will go for campaigning and not that it will sit in an account for years and be doled out to build someone’s personal business,” he said.