"Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine has sustained his 14-year political career substantially on contributions from people who for work for companies his office regulates, records show.

Of the $6.6 million his campaigns collected from 1998 to 2008, at least $2.6 million came from employees and owners of insurance and small-loan businesses, according to a review of state reports by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

That’s at least 40 percent of what Oxendine, a leading candidate for governor in 2010, has raised. And it’s a conservative figure."

The piece, by James Salzer and Cameron McWhirter, pointed out that one of the GOP's candidates for governor may have a little problem on his hands. How big a problem? A problem of Blagojevichian proportion. You see, little fund raisers like this are why Illinois has one governor in prison, and another under indictment.

It's called pay for play. If you make a contribution to me, I'll peddle my influence for you. It's a system of government that we don't want in Georgia. We deserve better.