Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Here's How It's Going to Work...

Obama transition team announces new lobbyist rules...


What?
Posted by David Codrea at 11/12/2008 11:16:00 AM

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

"# A gift ban that is aggressive in reducing the influence of special interests."

When I worked for a Defense Contractor,we were not allowed to offer or accept ANYTHING with a value greater than $5. Plastic pens, logo hats and coffee cups were pretty much it.

My guess is that within the Obama regime, ski trips to Vail are still going to be OK.

11/12/2008 1:53 PM
Anonymous said...

Maybe so, but I know government procurement people in the Defense Department who had plenty of things valued over $5, such as turkeys, hams, hockey and basketball tickets, show up. "We don't know where they came from" was the refrain.

11/12/2008 2:51 PM
Anonymous said...

My take is a little different. The people who would lobby him as president are the people who contributed the most the his campaign, either in public statements or campaign contributions.

Now, Obama knows what he is going to do and to whom he is going to do it. He wants to make damn sure that those same people will not be able to do for another what they have done for him,once his agenda is underway and everyone's ox gets gored.

11/12/2008 4:10 PM

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