Article: LOBBYIST$ PAID OFF FOR SEN. JOE BIDEN.(News)

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The Boston Herald
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August 28, 2008
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Byline: DAVE WEDGE

DENVER - Sen. Barack Obama has portrayed himself as a Washington outsider and sworn off special interest money - but his new political sidekick, Sen. Joe Biden, has hauled in thousands from lobbyists, including maximum donations from a pair of Boston's top powerbrokers.

Sen. Joe Biden has received $5,300 from politically wired Hub lobbyist Joseph Baerlein, whose firm, Rasky/Baerlein, is co-owned by Biden's close associate and former spokesman Larry Rasky. The lobbying/public relations firm, which is registered federally and in Massachusetts, organized fund-raisers in Boston for Biden during the Democratic presidential primary.

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