Obama's Line On Lobbyists is Misleading

Columbia Journalism Review by Trudy Lieberman | Feb. 26, 2008 (News Analysis)

Obama claims that he doesn't take money from lobbyists. The truth is, he is as beholden to special interest groups as all of the other candidates.

Saturday night at a Jefferson-Jackson dinner in Richmond, Virginia, Barack Obama did it again. He said he hadn't taken money from lobbyists. The election, he said, was boiling down to "a choice between debating John McCain about lobbying reform with a nominee who's taken more money from lobbyists than ... Full Story »

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by Fred Gatlin - Oct. 1, 2008

This is not a good article. It is trying to say individual giving from a working person should be considered as the same as a PAC giving from the same type of work. If Opensecrets.org is the best source of campaign finances, we are in trouble.