It's My Party...

It turns out Democrats aren't that concerned about the "culture of corruption" after all:

Now that they are running things, many Democrats want to keep the big campaign donations and lavish parties that lobbyists put together for them. They're also having second thoughts about having to wait an extra year before they can become high-paid lobbyists themselves should they retire or be defeated at the polls.

The growing resistance to several proposed reforms now threatens passage of a bill that once seemed on track to fulfill Democrats' campaign promise of cleaner fundraising and lobbying practices.

All that campaign bluster now looks more like jealousy than outrage. They just wanted a bigger piece of the pie.