Number Five is alive

My guess seems to be vindicated:  Candidate Number 5 is allegedly Jesse Jackson, Jr.  This was not based on any personal animus towards JJjr, but rather my estimate of who was most likely able to lay their hands on the $500,000. 

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2008/12/number-five-is-alive/4448/