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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (2020)	4/22/2007 2:41:09 PM
From: MJ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Obama is going to be different? How convenient. Sussman was a lobbyist-----Obama's campaign request Sussman resign to help Obama raise money. Sussman's resignation as a lobbyist to go to Obama's campaign to help Obama raise money is "paper thin". Anyone with any brains knows that Sussman's influence extends to his careet as a lobbyist and extends to those in his social and business circle. So what's different? Absolutely nothing. What a shame that Obama went this direction. mj n May 2, Obama is scheduled to attend a $2,300-per-ticket breakfast 10 blocks from the Capitol. The hosts include 22 lawyers. Although they are not federal lobbyists, three in the past have been registered lobbyists; they all work at firms that have Washington lobbying operations or hire outside lobbying firms to contact lawmakers. Lobbyists at the law firms where the lawyers work billed lobbying clients a combined $19 million in 2006, according to PoliticalMoneyLine. Clients include defense contractors, energy producers, healthcare interests, pharmaceutical manufacturers and tobacco companies. From the article you posted----------- One lawyer co-hosting the Obama event has represented companies fending off litigation over toxic waste cleanup, and another represents employers on affirmative action requirements, force reduction and early retirement programs, their firms' websites say. Attorney Robert Sussman, one of the organizers, said in an interview that he was a registered lobbyist until recently, when he decided to help Obama raise money. So that he might do so, he said, the campaign requested that he drop his registration. "This is a policy that they felt would be consistent with their values and their beliefs. I take no position on the wisdom," Sussman said. "I decided whatever small inconvenience that was created [by ceasing lobbying] was more than outweighed by helping the candidate." "

To: Glenn Petersen who wrote (2020)	12/29/2007 10:31:37 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Respond to of 149317

Which Democrat is a winner? With the Iowa caucuses looming, victory-hungry Democrats want to know -- who is the most "electable"? Here's our best (totally wild) guess as to how each candidate might fare in November. By Walter Shapiro Dec. 29, 2007 \| Teesha and Karl Kirschbaum are camping out in their empty house in Clear Lake (110 miles north of here) just so they can caucus on Jan. 3. The young couple are moving to Seattle -- and their furniture and clothes were packed up and shipped west the day after Christmas. But the Kirschbaums, who were both avid supporters of Howard Dean in 2004, have stayed behind with a few possessions and their dueling Hillary (Teesha's) and Obama (Karl's) signs on the front lawn. ...contd. at salon.com