1.0 link 217737 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/18/obama-manages-to-skirt-lo_n_217737.html WASHINGTON - When President Obama arrives at the Mandarin Oriental hotel for a Democratic fund-raising reception on Thursday night, the new White House rules of political purity will be in order: No lobbyists allowed.

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