Ohhhh..... that "change" sure has taken hold, hasn't it? This was a big campaign pledge by obama, to change the way DC does business, with former employees becoming lobbyists and taking very, very lucrative positions in the private sector.
Obama administration's revolving door - Kenneth P. Vogel - POLITICO.com
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Candidate Barack Obama repeatedly pledged on the campaign trail that working in his administration would not be “about serving your former employer, your future employer or your bank account.”
In recent months, officials have quietly left the White House, the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Highway Administration and the Departments of the Treasury, Commerce and Homeland Security for high-paying gigs on K Street and Wall Street, for top PR firms including the Glover Park Group and VOX Global and to work or lobby for powerful media and telecom companies including Facebook, Comcast, Bloomberg L.P., DirecTV, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile.
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Yes, quietly, hoping no one will notice, hoping the press would keep it hush, hush.
PolitiFact | The Obameter: Tougher rules against revolving door for lobbyists and former officials - Obama promise No. 240:
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"You need leadership you can trust to work for you, not for the special interests who have had their thumb on the scale. And together, we will tell Washington, and their lobbyists, that their days of setting the agenda are over.
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Apparently not. Tons of stump speech comments out there, in fact, virtually every speech of candidate obama had this issue in it. An....they actually believed him.
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