In So  Damn Much Money, veteran Washington Post editor and correspondent  Robert Kaiser gives a detailed account of how the boom in political lobbying  since the 1970s has shaped American politics by empowering special interests,  undermining effective legislation, and discouraging the countrys best citizens  from serving in office. Kaiser traces this dramatic change in our political  system through the colorful story of Gerald S. J. Cassidy, one of Washingtons  most successful lobbyists. Superbly told, its an illuminating dissection of a  political system badly in need of reform.