BIDEN HIRES LOBBYIST- Didn’t Obama Say They Couldn’t Be Hired?
Here’s another example that the President-elect’s prohibition against hiring lobbyists is nothing more than BARACRAP. Vice-President Elect Joseph Biden has hired a chief of Staff, Ronald Klain. Mr. Klain is a former lobbyist at the law firm of O’Melveny & Myers, where he lobbied for clients including the failed mortgage giant Fannie Mae; an industry group seeking help with asbestos lawsuits; a drug maker under federal investigation; the cable and media giant Time Warner; and an airline. I guess the President-elect feels that SOME lobbyists are OK. But this looks a bit disingenuous—-even to the NY Times. Read their criticism below: