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Article: Not 'in my White House'; Obama softens stump speech pledge not to employ lobbyists
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- December 16, 2007
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White House hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) was forced to
revise a critical stump line of his on Saturday -- a flat
declaration that lobbyists "won't work in my White House" after it
turned out his own written plan says they could, with some
restrictions.
Obama, leading in this kickoff presidential vote state, has put
federal lobbyists in his cross hairs as a centerpiece of his
campaign.
Running against Washington is a major, populist campaign theme
for Obama and rival former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.), who are
locked in a contest with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.). They
have blistered Clinton for taking campaign donations from federal
lobbyists; Edwards and Obama do not, ...