Political parties need Hollywood's handouts

Anyone who doubts, or resents, Hollywood's importance to American politics these days simply needs to watch where the candidates and their surrogates go when the going gets tough. The fact of the matter is that Hollywood is to both parties -- but particularly the Democrats -- what the Fed's discount window is to American banking: the place to go when you need big money fast.

By Tina Daunt, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

September 24, 2008