Tuesday, May 20, 2008

is anyone related to McCain's campaign NOT a lobbyist?

McCain’s campaign manager’s name still on lobbying firm’s letterhead.
Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) campaign has recently begun purging itself of lobbyists. Yesterday, a fifth aide resigned because of lobbying ties. Yet McCain is still refusing to fire certain top aides, like campaign manager Rick Davis, who is a former lobbyist. Charlie Black, another former lobbyist who is McCain’s senior adviser, told reporters today that “Rick Davis and nobody else at his firm either has been a registered lobbyist in five years.” CNN’s Dana Bash reports today, however, that Davis’s old firm “can still use his name to recruit business since it’s still on the letterhead.”

(Think Progress)
and more from TP:
115: The number of lobbyists John McCain has either working for him or raising money for him. So far, three of them have resigned. The remaining lobbyists “represent all kinds of industries,” foreign regimes, and are some of McCain’s closest advisers.

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