Under The Influence: How Lobbyists Feel About Being Pummeled http://undertheinfluence.nationaljournal.com/2008/10/how-lobbyist-really-feel-about.php?rss=1 en Copyright 2009 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:30:00 GMT http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification How Lobbyists Feel About Being Pummeled So, how do lobbying professionals really feel about being kicked around on the campaign trail by Barack Obama and John McCain?

"It seems a little bit silly and arbitrary," said Dutko Worldwide Vice Chairman Gary Andres at a panel co-hosted by the Center for American Progress and American University.  "I think the lobbyist argument... at its core is political," added Patrick Griffin of the firm Johnson, Madigan, Peck, Boland & Stewart.  AU political scientist and scholar on the lobbying industry James Thurber invited experts to opine on the candidates' rhetoric on lobby bans while also offering their own advice to the next president.

- Alexis Simendinger

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