"Not One Dime From Lobbyists"

[Annie]

Un huh:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/us/politics/19obama.html?_r=1

une 19, 2009
WASHINGTON MEMO
Obama’s Pledge on Donations Faces Reality

By JEFF ZELENY
WASHINGTON — When President Obama arrived at the Mandarin Oriental hotel for a fund-raising reception on Thursday night, the new White House rules of political purity were in order: no lobbyists allowed.

But at the same downtown hotel on Friday morning, registered lobbyists have not only been invited to attend an issues conference with Democratic leaders, but they have also been asked to come with a $5,000 check in hand if they want to stay in good favor with the party’s House and Senate re-election committees.

The practicality of Mr. Obama’s pledge to change the ways of Washington is colliding once more with the reality of how money, influence and governance interact here. He repeatedly declared while campaigning last year that he would “not take a dime” from lobbyists or political action committees.

So to follow through with that promise, Mr. Obama is simply leaving the room....

Leaving the room is what lawyers do when something untoward may happen between others remaining in the room...

More hope & change coming your way. Not like 'other' politicians.

 

[alan1]

Un huh:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/us/politics/19obama.html?_r=1

une 19, 2009
WASHINGTON MEMO
Obama’s Pledge on Donations Faces Reality

By JEFF ZELENY
WASHINGTON — When President Obama arrived at the Mandarin Oriental hotel for a fund-raising reception on Thursday night, the new White House rules of political purity were in order: no lobbyists allowed.

But at the same downtown hotel on Friday morning, registered lobbyists have not only been invited to attend an issues conference with Democratic leaders, but they have also been asked to come with a $5,000 check in hand if they want to stay in good favor with the party’s House and Senate re-election committees.

The practicality of Mr. Obama’s pledge to change the ways of Washington is colliding once more with the reality of how money, influence and governance interact here. He repeatedly declared while campaigning last year that he would “not take a dime” from lobbyists or political action committees.

So to follow through with that promise, Mr. Obama is simply leaving the room....

Leaving the room is what lawyers do when something untoward may happen between others remaining in the room...

More hope & change coming your way. Not like 'other' politicians.

Rumor has it that Mr Obama has a law degree. Maybe that's what they teach you at Harvard law school.

 

[Xenophon]

Change we can believe in.