As money is the mother’s milk of politics, some of Maryland’s Democrats gathered the other afternoon to do their bit for the current campaigns, in multiples of $1,000 a person. They met at the Baltimore County home of Lynn and Ted Venetoulis, and packed the place, and schmoozed with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Gov. Martin O’Malley, and other party leaders.

The country may be going through economic tremors, but the Democrats can hardly keep track of all the dough they’re bringing in these days.