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Malinowski should be a shoe-in for [the State Department's Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Bureau], but since he 'lobbied' for [Human Rights Watch] he appears to be out of the running," one Washington pro-democracy activist on condition of anonymity told Rozen. Redirect Virus

Lobbyists in the nonprofit world are increasingly frustrated over the Obama administration's rules barring lobbyists-turned-executive branch officials from handling issues on which they once lobbied. Writing in Foreign Policy, Laura Rozen reports this policy is cutting key experts out of the new administration. Mike @ excessive sweating and how to stop excessive sweating

That there is even an acknowledgment of the issue in the new administration is an improvement.  That they are making any attempt to limit lobbyist influence - even if it's superficial and even if they allow some exceptions - is cause for praise.  If we attack our leaders for not going far enough when they implement a historic reform, we give them the message that it would be in their best interest not to try at all - is that what we really want?

The uncomfortable truth is that lobbyists are too important in forming policy to be completely frozen out of the administration, and Obama and his team know that.  And despite our moral indignation, we actually wouldn't want lobbyists completely locked out - we need the administration to rely on lobbyists, because lobbyists have the experience the administration needs to get things done.  The whole system has to be weaned from lobbyists before the administration can afford to do without them.

Non-profits have to be included in the lobbyist restrictions because of the possibility that they receive their funding from for-profit organizations that benefit from their lobbying.  Just because the organization doesn't make a profit doesn't mean they aren't influenced by money from their donors.

Eliminating lobbying won't eliminate the influence of money in politics, it will just hide it somewhere else.  Transparency, which allows us to see the influence and counter it, is our best defense.  More and better ways of tying votes to the money that bought them and publicizing those ties will serve us better than freezing out lobbyists.

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Michael Thomas (California)
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