BEWARE, MONEY STILL TALKS PRETTY LOUDLY

I've been pretty happy to learn that Democrats are getting more money from corporations (here and here) but Paul Krugman is right to warn us that this is not an unmixed blessing:

Right now all the leading contenders for the Democratic nomination are running on strongly progressive platforms — especially on health care. But there remain real concerns about what they would actually do in office.

Here’s an example of the sort of thing that makes you wonder: yesterday ABC News reported on its Web site that the Clinton campaign is holding a “Rural Americans for Hillary” lunch and campaign briefing — at the offices of the Troutman Sanders Public Affairs Group, which lobbies for the agribusiness and biotech giant Monsanto. You don’t have to be a Naderite to feel uncomfortable about the implied closeness.

Just in case you think this is purely speculative, Glenn Greenwald makes a case for thinking that Sen. Rockefeller rolled over on the telcom immunity issue because telcoms are among his major donors.