Money is democracy.
That quote from Thomas Beer is the opening salvo in Lewis Lapham's Harper's editorial this month. For all those who still believe the Democrats are the party of the working men and women and the Republicans belong to the fat cats, just have a read. Lapham goes through the big contributors for each political convention, which unsurprisingly, are virtually identical. The only major difference comes with the quality of entertainment. The Democrats do have a lock on the Hollywood talent.