1.0 link 82254 <![CDATA[A Rundown Of Mitt Romney's Lobbyist Connections]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/18/a-rundown-of-mitt-romneys_n_82254.html 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...

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