During October 2003, a bug was found in the mayor's office prior to
             the Philadelphia Mayoral election. Once the bug was found the FBI stated
             that it was placed in connection with certain investigations but they
             declined to state the nature of the investigation. That the bug was found
             so close to the election date has raised the Mayors ire. He has suggested
             that the bug was apparently planted by the FBI in support of Sam Katz a
             Republican candidate. Sam Katz refuted these reports and said that it was
             about time that the corrupt practices of John Street, a first term Democrat
             candidate was exposed. Suspiciously, a poll that was released after the
             bugging incident indicated that it probably affected the results making
             both side of the stories questionable. As a result of this incident, Katz
             and his opponent John Street found themselves in a debate that was
             The Street Katz debate' held not only the state but the entire
             country enthrall. Most of the nation watched the debate as the themes of
             corruption', television' and politics' always hold a certain
             entertainment value and as such, a diverse audience found itself following
             the debate, even if they had previously found nothing of interest where
             politics was concerned. The language, the style, the argument and the
             actual rhetoric itself had great import as both the leaders realized that
             the debate could make or break their careers.
             Each of the debaters was interested in taking the offensive to ensure
             a strong argument so that none of the audience saw them as the criminal'
             party. Politics today is assuredly not a simple job; it's a game that has
             to be played with all the drama and pomp of a Hollywood movie. Taking this
             background into account we can accept the words of Katz who says, "All that
             has gone on in the last couple of weeks puts an exclamation point on
             basically 100 years of Philadelphia being a city corrupt...