This is why: Bush's lobbyist trying to buy Obama.

Submitted by Dr. Ambrose Okpokpo (United States), Nov 18, 2008 at 18:18

Brown: A year ago, Obama said lobbyists' "days of setting the agenda are over" But, she says, newspaper reports Obama team is loaded with ex-lobbyists Obama team says its rules on lobbying ties are strict, Brown says But that's not the promise Obama made, she says.

From CNN political discussion.

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