Lobbyists beg for more respect from politicians

2muchcoffeeman · Jun 7, 2008

For a group of people who apparently have so much influence in Washington, lobbyists seem to have a hard time keeping politicians from bashing them.

The American League of Lobbyists (ALL) made its second appeal this year to candidates to treat them with more respect.

“We feel there is growing frustration with this concept candidates keep pushing that all lobbyists are evil and somehow what we do is inappropriate,” said Brian Pallasch, the president of ALL.

Lobbyists like Pallasch are quick to point out that the right to petition the government, to lobby, is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution.

But for all the disagreements between Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.), they agree on at least one point: Lobbying needs to be curtailed and its influence diminished.

McCain has gone on a staff purge, showing the door to friends and advisers who have kept up a lobbying practice.

Obama, meanwhile, insisted that the national party forswear donations from K Street, as he himself has done.
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http://thehill.com/business--lobby/lobbyists-ask-candidates-to-give-them-a-break-2008-06-06.html

I think it's interesting that the Obama campaign has been vetting each contributor to assure that they aren't getting donations from lobbyists.

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/dem-unity-tough-on-k-st.-2008-06-05.html
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/dem-unity-tough-on-k-st.-2008-06-05_2.html

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