Over the past couple of months, the corporate money has been flowing into the hands of the CAFTA 15. Besides the fundraiser that business associations held for the CAFTA 15 in September, each of these so-called Democrats–who really need to be challenged and defeated in primaries–has been receiving corporate donations. I’m going to start letting folks now about that as the info comes in.

So, we will start with Melissa Bean from Illinois. Here are some of her recent corporate contributions:

A whole host of people from the corporate law firm of Kirkland and Ellis (that would be Ken Starr’s law firm) have ponied up money to the tune of $3,550. Microsoft has laid down $6,000, Deere and Co has paid up $3,000; SmithKline (pharmaceuticals) is in for $1,000; the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is in for $2,000 and, as reported previously, Wal-Mart gave $2,000 at the office.

This is just an example of the link we’ve seen before: how cash flows to Democrats and Republicans from corporate interests as a reward for their votes. And we wonder why 45 million people have no health insurance (the insurance lobby) and why bad trade deals get passed.