Obama hires Lobbyist as National Co-Chair

[KennedyGuy]

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/

From NBC/NJ’s Aswini Anburajan and NBC’s Mark Hudspeth
Obama's campaign proudly announced today the endorsement of former South Carolina Gov. Jim Hodges who will join his campaign as a national co-chair.

But the endorsement of Hodges may raise eyebrows among those who support Obama because he strongly decries lobbyists on the stump, frequently saying that he will not let them work in his White House or set the agenda in Washington.

Hodges is the founder of Hodges Consulting Group, a state-based lobbying firm he started in 2003. The firm is a subsidiary of Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, L.L.P, a law firm that represents clients in North Carolina and South Carolina.

*** UPDATE *** NBC's Domenico Montanaro adds that Hodges is, in fact, a registered federal lobbyist, a search of the Senate Office of Public Records Lobbying Disclosure Act Database shows. He registered as such on June 1, 2007.

[Hieronymus]

1. Thanks .. I heard about this earlier too ... not good for Obama.

[rinsd]

2. Apparently lobbyists ARE people too....when working for Obama.

[Didereaux]

3. fucking Obama he turns out to be the inexperienced kid that worried people all along

I blame this last few weeks of self-delusion on his association with Oprah...darling, you simply have to believe youare invincible! Once again proving that youthful knowledge is useless with the experience and time to meld it all into wisdom.

sigh


GOJOEGO!!!!!

[depakid]

7. It's a classic cult of personality

and those sorts of deals affect the cult leader as much if not more than the lockstep follwers.

[Didereaux]

11. edit with = without sorry bout that

[Little Star]

4. Looks like he'll need a life time not just a few more years to

get it. How many more miss steps can he make before his supporters get ready to really look at him. Oh yeah, he's a rock star and they are all blinded by the light. man, he gave me hope when he spoke at the convention in 2004, but since he has started campaigning............ not for me tyvm.

[katty]

5. not a good move-but I am sure he'll justify this move and smile

[emilyg]

6. Not good.

[Karmadillo]

8. Doubleplusungood.

nt

[Infinite Hope]

9. K&R n/t

[avrdream]

10. Oh, come ON, Barack! You can do better than this.

I can see the advertisement by the Repubs about this now.

:wtf:

[laugle]

12. Is this calculated, naive, or what--I don't get him at all! nt

[Andy823]

13. Hmmmm

That's not good. I just hope his supporters open their eyes before it's to late! How can they defend this?

[DemKR]

14. another DINO for Obama n/t

[fightindonkey]

15. Okay, This Is The 3,000 Outting Of Barack Hack Obama, How Will You Okay Him This Time?

I swear, people, wake up.

[Czolgosz]

16. kick

[hayu_lol]

17. I see that collectively, we've finally shifted gears...

Obama is against lobbyists. Yup. He said so himself. Now he hires one to help him over the rough spots--that the guy happens to be from the South ought to tell everyone something.

Maybe you have all seen this latest Gene Lyons piece:

NO MORE NICE GUY

http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Editorial/212492

Gene, long a very strong voice for the left, in this op-ed piece is playing Zeus--throwing thunderbolts. Its about time.