CULTURE OF CORRUPTION: Democrat Patrick Kennedy: Obama is Running a ‘Quid Pro Quo’ White House. “The entire New York Times story is interesting. Its essential takeaway is that Obama is running a pay-for-play White House despite his promises to keep lobbyists out and clean things up. ‘Drain the swamp’ is how Nancy Pelosi phrased it. But all the Democrats have really done is make sure the swamp is under their management.”

That’s all they ever really wanted.