It's heartbreakingly clear that the Democrats won't act courageously. But a number of non-partisan outside groups will.

We're going to little league games, antique shows, NASCAR events, the mall, acting as homework helper or cabby to the kids: How can we be bothered to pay attention to politics?

The old guard of San Francisco politics gathered in the Latino Room of the San Francisco Main Library Sunday to bring more light into the state's political processes by kick-starting the campaign to support AB 1148, the California DISCLOSE Act. The goal of DISCLOSE is to shine a light on the real money and influence in California politics. The act is deemed necessary due to the failure of the 2010 Federal DISCLOSE Act, which would have institutionalized clean money regulations nationwide. Here in California, the bill would make changes that, among other improvements, would revamp advertisements' disclosure requirements.

Hey Stephen Colbert. There's an existential challenge to your shadowy Colbert Super PAC S.H.H. and I've been trying to give you a heads up. But you're not making it easy.

Big Pharma, Big Oil, Big Milk. All special interest patrons of America's Big Money bordello. What are good progressives to do? Either we get lobotomies or we fix the way the country finances politics.

Who isn't tempted by the siren song of big donors? Their cash paves the way for electoral triumph and its accompanying power and success.