The following post is authored by Bill Kraus, a senior executive in the insurance business who served as Chief of Staff for GOP Governor Lee Dreyfus in Wisconsin. The message is so important I am posting it in place of my blog this week. Former Governor Lee  Dreyfus’s golden rule for politics: Those who have the gold make the rules. The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign recently published the list of the top 20 “rule makers” in Wisconsin over the last 4 1/2 years [www.wisdc.org]. In total this group contributed $128,691,113 during that period to advance their interests by promoting ideas and candidates or by criticizing opposing ideas and candidates. Many of the groups interests are obvious. The teachers union is on the list. It won’t be there long, however, since Act 10 shut down its revenue stream. The state’s largest business organization is also…