Article: OBAMA'S SPECIAL INTEREST DOUBLE STANDARD: Now That Jim Johnson Has Resigned, Will Obama Match Rhetoric With Action?

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Contact: Republican National Committee, +1-202-863-8614

WASHINGTON, June 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following release is being issued by the Republican National Committee:

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During His Presidential Campaign, Obama Made Promises To Clean Up "Special-Interest-Driven" Politics:

Obama:"I'm not in this race to continue the special-interest- driven politics of the last eight years. I'm in this race to end it. I've been taking on lobbyists throughout my career in Illinois." (Sen. Barack Obama, Remarks At A Town Hall Meeting, Billings, MT, 5/ 19/08)

Obama:"[T]he more transparency we can bring to Washington, the ...

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