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1. #1    This is good news. Note the slant in the article: "It’s impossible to know for sure the causes of the recent K Street retreat. But the study’s authors blame Obama’s new antilobbying rules. When Obama took office, he imposed a ban on registered lobbyists working in his administration. He has also barred lobbyists from lobbying the administration on certain topics. "
   "The studies authors blame.." That should read, "the study's authors credit..." (they didn't even get the grammar right)
   written by CwV since 18 days 20 hours 28 minutes
2. #2    My heart bleeds for those poor lobbyists.
   NOT.
   written by Fiore since 18 days 19 hours 24 minutes
3. #3    Some cognitive dissonance here with the enormous increases in lobbying expenditures by Wall Street, "healthcare" for-profiteers, nukes-"clean" coalers-frackers-drillbabydrillers, etc.
   written by nasrudin since 18 days 18 hours 2 minutes
4. #4    That increase must be focused on Congress. And on Media buys, et cetera.
   written by CwV since 18 days 17 hours 48 minutes
5. #5    A bunch of them simply converted from registered lobbyists to unregistered "advisors".
   written by Mike5000 since 18 days 14 hours 44 minutes
6. #6    Interesting what OpenSecrets has to say about this. Only a couple of quotes from this link: http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2009/11/lobbyists-terminating-their-fe.html :
   
   Although lobbyists terminate their registrations for a variety of reasons, a few hundred lobbyists, at most, typically fall from the ranks of active lobbyists each quarter.
   
   OMB Watch's Lee Mason, the organization's Director of Nonprofit Speech Rights, commented on the timing of the acceleration of terminations and the president's policies on lobbyists.
   
   “While we can’t draw a direct link between the president’s executive order and the increased pace of terminations during the second quarter of 2009, we can sa...
   
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   written by Sparrows since 18 days 10 hours 55 minutes
7. #7    Made enough to retire to a country that isn't going to implode?
   
   I agree -- heart bleeds.
   written by smchris since 18 days 10 hours 51 minutes
8. #8    Why not quit?
   
   The world economy has twirled down the drain. Their job is done and there is nothing more to do.
   written by Innui since 18 days 10 hours 47 minutes

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