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No Lobbyists need apply! Uh, nevermind ...
QandO — Politico is reporting that the "change" that Washington purportedly needs and was promised by Obama, i.e. lobbyists would not be welcome in his administratin, is apparently not quite as stringent as one might have thought: ...

Obama's Already Broken Two Promises, Will Media Report?
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... And now comes his second broken promise. Politico reported on November 5 that Barack Obama has stepped back from his claim that lobbyists would not have a place in his new administration. ...

Obama Breaking His Promises On Lobbyists
Say Anything — ... He said he wouldn’t take campaign money from lobbyists, but he went ahead and took it from lobbyists’ spouses and business partners and children.  He said that lobbyists wouldn’t have a place in his administration, but now that he’s been elected...they do. ...

ABC and Politico Go After Obama’s Broken Promise on Lobbyists
Flopping Aces — ... acceptance speech, and he could break them all 2.3 times each before taking the oath of office. On Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Obama’s chief campaign strategist, David Axelrod, explained the role of lobbyists in an Obama administration this way: “No one who’s an active lobbyist, no one who’s been lobbying on issues for the last two years related to their industries is going to come into our administration and work on those.” link ...

Obama: Only Four Days, Already Two Broken Promises
Stop The ACLU — ... that Obama had “fulminated against ‘lobbyists’ and ‘insiders,’ and claimed that (he) will end ‘business as usual’ in Washington if elected president.” But, now all of a sudden, lobbyists don’t sound like such bad fellows to Obama. Politico reported on November 5 that Barack Obama has stepped back from his claim that lobbyists would not have a place in his new administration. Despite campaign trail promises that special interests wouldn’t be a part of his administration, President-elect Barack Obama’s has sent signals to the lobbyists that they can get jobs with him. …the ...

Obama and Change: Lobbyists Are Back In (Updated with Obama’s Final Policy)
Patterico's Pontifications — ... Now that he’s President-elect and filling the rosters of his Administration, Obama has backed off his promise to exclude lobbyists from government and lobbyists are back in: ...