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McCain's Campaign of Lobbyists

Posted by Michael Link on May 16, 2008 at 01:39 PM

How many lobbyists does John McCain have running his campaign -- even at the very highest levels?

So many that he lost count.

Yes, with resignation after resignation and controversy after controversy about John McCain's connections to lobbyists -- which, by the way, have done their lobbying work inside of the campaign bus -- he's now being forced to re-vet his entire campaign staff:

After a series of disclosures forced the resignation of two McCain campaign aides with ties to unsavory regimes, the campaign has decided to scrutinize the background of the entire staff to ferret out connections to lobbyists.

This morning, according to two Republicans with direct knowledge, Rick Davis, the campaign manager, e-mailed to McCain's entire staff a memo entitled "McCain Campaign Conflicts Policy" -- Effective Today" that includes a questionnaire asking about previous professional activities.

One of the questions asks: "Have you ever been a registered lobbyist at either the Federal or State level?" Another asks: "Have you ever been a registered foreign agent? A third asks staff members to list all of their previous lobbying or foreign government clients.

But what about change at the very top?

Charlie Black is McCain's "senior counsel and spokesman." MoveOn.org is taking aim at him in a new ad:

Some organizations are calling on McCain to fire even more.

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