Money, morality, and the modern presidential campaign

Looking to continue his reign as the Republicans' fund-raising king, Mitt Romney is putting on another big fund-raising show in Boston, this time at Fenway Park and the The Garden. The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder reports that Romney will bring supporters to the two sports facilities next week to raise more dough for his campaign. Festivities start next Sunday with a barbecue at Fenway Park and continue Monday with another day-long fund-raising blitz at The Garden.

Romney kicked off his presidential fund-raising drive in January with a similar event at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center in South Boston. The event helped him raise nearly $21 million last quarter, far more than any of his GOP rivals. Can he keep pace? We'll know when second quarter numbers come out in a few weeks.

Romney, meanwhile, is addressing the National Right to Life Convention today in Kansas City. And he's facing new scrutiny over his position on stem cell research and his overall conversion on abortion. Romney seeks to explain his position on stem cell research with an article of his own in the National Review.