So Damn Much Money So Damn Much Money

With a New Foreword In "So Damn Much Money," veteran "Washington Post" editor and correspondent Robert Kaiser gives a detailed account of howthe boom in political lobbying since the 1970s has shaped American politics by empowering special interests, undermining effective legislation, and discouraging the country's best citizens from serving in office.Kaiser traces this dramatic change in our political system through the colorful story of Gerald S. J. Cassidy, one of Washington's most successful lobbyists. Superbly told, it's an illuminatingdissection of a political system badly in need of reform. "From the Trade Paperback edition."