A Rundown Of Mitt Romney's Lobbyist Connections

Mother Jones:

n a tense exchange with an AP reporter on Thursday, Mitt Romney insisted that even though a registered lobbyist is one of his senior advisers, lobbyists do not "run" his campaign.

The claim is part of Romney's new self-styled outsider message: lobbyists are part of a broken Washington system and Romney has nothing to do with them.

"My campaign is not based on Washington lobbyists," Romney said. "I haven't been in Washington. I don't have lobbyists at my elbow that are arguing for one industry or another industry and I do not have favors I have to repay to people who have been in Washington for years."

The truth is that Romney is tied closely with many lobbyists. The AP reporter Romney exchanged sharp words with later reported that several Romney aides and advisers are lobbyists. Additionally, as the Nation first reported, Romney has accepted the second most money from lobbyists of any Republican presidential candidate, and has received the most endorsements from lobbyists.

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Comments

[Nyla785]

10:05 AM on 01/19/2008

Someone in the media better start asking if Romney and Huckabee can truly serve the 'interests' of American women.
WIth their profoundly engrained concepts of 'submission' and 'women primarily as baby makers' , can they REALLY serve American women with their leadership of the country? Or will women just be shoved into the background--where their religion puts them? Someone ought to find out. We can no longer take ANYTHING for granted with our leadership. We've been burned too much.

[askmeificare]

08:43 AM on 01/19/2008

to get rid of the lobbyists, support the fairtax

[VivaZapata]

07:19 AM on 01/19/2008

This guy makes clinton look sincere.

[researcher]

02:33 AM on 01/19/2008

the train is too far down the decline of america track. demo or repub matters not.

corp. fascism is here.

those with the gold make the rules even to the point of picking the candidates.

ge owns nbc and a big part of the industrial military complex. like asking the fox to guard the chicken coop.

dumber than dumb american voters actually think they are voting in change.

none of the candidates take on the industrial military complex. wonder why that is?

cant say on here my post will not be posted if I do.

[dansama]

11:53 PM on 01/18/2008

What Mit lie? Say it isn't so. He reminds me of a very funny routine Steve Martin did as a used car salesman connected to a lie detector.."We guarantee every car *beep* We guarantee every other car *beep* We guarantee we don't guarantee anything"

Mits campaign is like that, I was never pro abortion *beep* I cut taxes *beep* I never took money from lobbyists *beep* ok non are on my staff *beep* ok no lobbies set my position papers *beep*

[CalculatedRiskTaker]

10:06 PM on 01/18/2008

Romney is just 4 more years of the same. So, if it's Clinton Vs. Romney in November. This is no contest!

[Soulsurfer]

08:22 PM on 01/18/2008

He doesn't have the Rovian Network to insulate him, so he's toast. MSM may not ignore this one.

[Ramirez]

07:32 PM on 01/18/2008

Pretty weak article. The original charge was lobbyists were "running his campaign" and now the goalposts have been moved to include lobbyists who donated or endorsed his campaign.

If that sort of dissembling is necessary then that proves Romney's point all along.

[DoninJoisey]

06:19 PM on 01/18/2008

"lobbyists do not "run" his campaign." - True, pollsters do. Romney is the republican Hillary.
Whatever you want, I'm it.
I have no idea what he really stands for - except getting in power.