review online. charles lane, idtorial writer. david rucker, reporter for roll call. what he is saying, whoa about is the president said he wouldn t raise money from lobbyists but it turns out he is raising money from people who are not registered as lobbyists. but are in the lobbying business. a fine distinction some of the occupy wall street people may not have appreciated. what is going on here? the president is failing to live up to the standard. he never needed to say. nobody in washington believed that you can do anything in the town without lobbyists. that is because usually a lobbyist is somebody who started out as a hill staffer. somebody who worked for a congressman or a snarl. or member of congress in many cases. yeah. they learn of a particular, i. the vast number are not former members but the numbers we hear about. they learn a particular issue, whether it was environmental issues, labor issues, business
review online. charles lane, idtorial writer. david rucker, reporter for roll call. what he is saying, whoa about is the president said he wouldn t raise money from lobbyists but it turns out he is raising money from people who are not registered as lobbyists. but are in the lobbying business. a fine distinction some of the occupy wall street people may not have appreciated. what is going on here? the president is failing to live up to the standard. he never needed to say. nobody in washington believed that you can do anything in the town without lobbyists. that is because usually a lobbyist is somebody who started out as a hill staffer. somebody who worked for a congressman or a snarl. or member of congress in many cases. yeah. they learn of a particular, i. the vast number are not former members but the numbers we hear about. they learn a particular issue, whether it was environmental issues, labor issues, business