The Democratic nominee, Senator Barack Obama announced today that the DNC will no longer accept donations from lobbyists or PACs(Political Action Committees) in order to bring the Committee into line with his own campaign policy. He also announced that he will keep Howard Dean as DNC chairman as explained by campaign spokesman Bill Burton:
“Senator Obama appreciates the hard work that Chairman Dean has done to grow our party at the grass-roots level and looks forward to working with him as the chairman of the Democratic Party as we go forward.”
This of course enables Obama and the Democrats as a whole to push the idea that McCain is the candidate of the economic elites and the special interests to a greater extent than they could if they hadn’t banned lobbyist money. This message would be strengthened by the fact that McCain’s senior advisers are lobbyists such as Phil Gramm(who as has been detailed earlier lobbied for UBS which is under investigation for helping to instigate the mortgage crisis.)
In order to obfuscate the issue, Senator McCain has already leveled the charge of ‘elitist’ at Senator Obama much like the George W. Bush and other post-Reagan Republicans always do towards their Democratic opponents. However, the recession and the mortgage crisis may serve as reminders of just what the end result of Republican economic policy is for those who aren’t part of the wealthy elite.
June 5, 2008 at 10:16 am
He has taken enough from lobbyist and now will no longer take their money! What a laugh! Thats like distance himself from Rev. Jeremiah Wright only after 20 years of agreeing with the man.
http://goodtimepolitics.com/2008/06/05/scandal-threatens-presidential-race/
June 6, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Your citation of the article only goes to the quote from the RNC chairman who is hardly an objective source. The article goes on to point out that Obama wasn’t connected to any of the activities that Rezko was tried for.