LOD: Good Ol’ Boys to Cash Cows

The transition from “good ol’ boy” politics to money-dominated politics is a story best told from the South, and who can tell it better than Fritz Hollings, the former South Carolina governor who represented his state in the US Senate from 1967 to 2005. His column in the Charleston, SC newspaper gives a special window into the problems of both the old and new. Definitely worth reading, even if you don’t agree with some of his conclusions. Examples abound of the slimy mess of lobbyists buying government with their clients’ money. The most recent came yesterday with the rejection of Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; here’s an account of how Sen. Dean Heller is cashing in on his vote.