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The far more interesting story, will come after the election, when Democratic operative assess the benefits and damage done by running on an anti-lobbyist, anti-special interest message and ask whether the optics of having clean hands is worth the price of alienating or cutting off a major source of revenue.

GOP And Good Government Group Find Common Ground In Criticizing Dem Lobbyist's Fundraising The Huffington Post News Team 2010

Adler said the hiring climate has been especially good for former staffers and members of Congress because President Obama's anti-lobbyist stance has made it more difficult to lobby the executive branch.

The Amazing Job Prospects For Chris Dodd, Byron Dorgan, And Their Staffers 2010

"This is what all the administration's anti-lobbyist rhetoric gets you -- less transparency," said CREW director Melanie Sloan in a statement.

White House's Lobbyist Liaisons Blasted By Watchdogs (VIDEO) 2010

Despite its pledge to be transparent about special interest access, and its anti-lobbyist rules and rhetoric, the Obama administration is apparently more in touch with lobbyists than it would like people to know.

White House's Lobbyist Liaisons Blasted By Watchdogs (VIDEO) 2010

Last November the Center for Responsive Politics and OMBWatch reported that 1,418 lobbyists "deregistered" during the second quarter of 2009, a huge spike in numbers and an unintended consequence of President Obama's anti-lobbyist policies and rhetoric -- lobbying going underground.

Obama's Anti-Lobbyist Policies Not Pushing Lobbying Underground After All: Report 2010

More recently, two lobbyists specifically cited the administration's anti-lobbyist stance when they deregistered and started a new "non-lobbying entity" called K Street Research.

It's Official: 2009 Was Record Year For Lobbying, Despite Recession 2010

According to the Post, she wore an ironic "scarlet L" to last year's Democratic convention, apparently to laugh off last year's anti-lobbyist sentiment.

Washington Post Article Critical Of Lobbying Somehow Makes The Front Page 2010

The most common explanation for the drop in registered lobbyists is that the Obama administration's restrictions on lobbyists communicating with and working for the administration, coupled with the president's anti-lobbyist rhetoric, have pushed influence peddling underground.

It's Official: 2009 Was Record Year For Lobbying, Despite Recession 2010

Hordes of lobbyists have deregistered in the last two years after Congress enacted more onerous disclosure requirements and the Obama administration put in place a series of anti-lobbyist policies.

No Less Lobbying, But Less Disclosure In Obama's First Year 2010

And with each new instance, the ironic hypocrisy of Obama's ardent anti-lobbyist stance rings truer.

Stuart Whatley: Obama's Agenda: Hope, Change and Lobby-Centricity 2010