With Barack Obama's win and the Democrats' gains in Congress, a lot of interests will be looking to hire Democratic lobbyists -- in fact the hiring frenzy is already under way. I thought it worth posting a March 2007 National Journal piece (subscribers only) that my colleague Lisa Caruso spent weeks on. She checked into which Democratic lobbyists were considered by their K Street colleagues to be at the top of their game.

                                                                                                  -- Bara Vaida