Why getting money out of politics isn't Liberal vs. Conservative

"How do politicians who arrive in Washington, D.C. as men and women of modest means leave as millionaires? How do they miraculously accumulate wealth at a rate faster than the rest of us? How do politicians' stock portfolios outperform even the best hedge-fund managers?…
"The money-making opportunities for politicians are myriad...accepting sweetheart gifts of IPO stock from companies seeking to influence legislation, practicing insider trading with nonpublic government information, earmarking projects that benefit personal real estate holdings, and even subtly extorting campaign donations through the threat of legislation unfavorable to an industry. The list goes on and on, and it's sickening…

"Astonishingly, none of this is technically illegal, at least not for Congress…
"The corruption isn't confined to one political party or just a few bad apples. It's an endemic problem encompassing leadership on both sides of the aisle. It's an entire system of public servants feathering their own nests…

"This call for real reform must transcend political parties. The grass-roots movements of the right and the left should embrace this."

This is from a WSJ op-ed by Sarah Palin. Yes, that Sarah Palin.
Will she support the constitutional amendment introduced by Sen. Sanders to overturn "Citizen's United"? Well, she can't be right about everything, but the point is that getting money out of politics should be a front-and-center issue in the 2012 House, Senate and state elections. The time is now to get this issue in the front of voters' minds and make the candidates take a stand on whether they're public servants or private whores.