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townhall.com - 8/20/2008
Matt Lewis: Obama Appoints Lobbyist as Senior Policy Adviser
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The Obama campaign just appointed Daniel Shapiro as a senior advisor and Jewish outreach coordinator to the campaign. Interestingly, Shapiro is also a lobbyist for the American Petroleum Institute. This, of course, is...

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Obama flip-flop: Oil and Freddie Mac lobbyist as foreign-policy adviser
Hot Air » Top Picks — Obama flip-flop: Oil and Freddie Mac lobbyist as foreign-policy adviser posted at 11:10 am on August 20, 2008 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | printer-friendly Barack Obama and his campaign has spent most of the spring and summer demonizing lobbyists, especially those who work for the oil industry and those who now work for John McCain.  Now, however, lobbying is A-OK at Team Obama, as their new foreign-policy adviser , David Shapiro, also lobbies for the American Petroleum Institute , the main lobbying organization for what Democrats like Obama call “Big Oil” (via Matt Lewis ): Signaling an intensified effort to ...

MIDDAY ROUNDUP
News — MIDDAY ROUNDUP John McCain may have turned the tide in presidential race after a new poll shows him leading Barack Obama by five percentage points nationwide, conservative bloggers propose. Meanswhile Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) could be in trouble with Democrats now that he will speak at the GOP convention in September, liberals claim. McCain’s newfound lead, as reported today by Reuters/Zogby, likely stems from his response to the Russia/Georgia conflict and his plans to expand oil drilling, Power Line’s John Hinderaker suggests. Obama must now scramble to gain ground in the economic debate, as the same poll shows McCain leading on ...

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