The diary on the Daily Kos is an in-depth look at what it's like when ordinary citizens go to lobby their representatives for Clean Elections reform. No steak dinners, no corporate jets - just a long slog for something you believe in.

The California Clean Money and Fair Elections Act was up for consideration in the California Senate this week - it's had quite a ride through state government and this entry goes a long way towards explaining what an ordeal it is to move this kind of reform along and why it's so necessary.