Barrack Obama has highlighted the fact that John McCain has lobbyists working in his campaign. What he neglects to mention is that they are former lobbyists and are not lobbying while employed by McCain. Obama also fails to mention that he too has lobbyists working in his campaign and they are still lobbying during the campaign. Here are the details:
Teal Baker, who received her first payment from Obama’s campaign on June 13, represented 18 corporations between Jan. 1 and June 30 of this year while working as a lobbyist for Podesta Group, a K Street powerhouse. Clients paid Podesta Group over $2 million during those six months for Baker and her colleagues to represent them, according to documents filed with the Senate Office of Public Records.
Clients such as Oshkosh Truck and Pinkerton Consulting paid more than $700,000 for Emmett Beliveau and his colleagues at Patton Boggs to represent them during the first half of 2007. Beliveau received a $3,050 payment from Obama’s campaign for advance work on Feb. 21, a campaign finance report shows.
Brandon Hurlbut, Obama’s liaison to veterans, union members and senior citizens in New Hampshire, represented clients such as the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies and the Allegheny County Housing Authority from January to June, according to public records. Six clients paid B&D Consulting $380,000 for Hurlbut to lobby their causes.
Click here to see the list of lobbyists working for current and former presidential candidates. You'll find that the Obama team has had more than it's share:
Isn't it hypocritical to condemn your opponent for doing the very same thing that you yourself are doing?
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