OpinionJournal: Stephen Moore: Comfy With K Street

OpinionJournal: Stephen Moore: Comfy With K Street

"Meanwhile, Democrats under Rep. Rahm Emanuel and Sen. Schumer have quietly erected their own K Street Project, and employ some of the same strong-arm tactics they once deplored. 'I've never felt the squeeze that we're under now to give to Democrats and to hire them,' says one telecom industry representative. 'They've put out the word that if you have an issue on trade, taxes, or regulation, you'd better be a donor and you'd better not be part of any effort to run ads against our freshmen incumbents.'...

"Former Republican House majority leader Dick Armey explains that 'the business groups are simply not ideological givers. They give to buy access and to minimize risk.'

"He's undoubtedly right. And so, if Democrats run the table in 2008, they will have corporate America to thank. But business is living in a fantasy world if they believe this will spare them from what is likely to be one of the most anti-growth agendas that Washington has seen in many decades. Nor should they be spared. When you sell the rope to the hangman, you deserve to have a noose around your neck."