Candidate “uHope4change” Obama said “and when I am President, they won't find a job in my White House. Because real change isn't another four years of defending lobbyists who don't represent real Americans - “…..................and when I am president, they won't find a job in my White House." [November 03, 2007... Spartanburg , SC]
President-elect “uHope4change” Hussein said "lobbyists would not run his White House." [Nov 11, 2008 ….MSNBC]
President “uHope4change” Barrack appointed 17 lobbyists to key positions in his administration in his first 14 days in office.
It should be no surprise to see Goldman Sachs is ramping-up lobbying expenditures since the financial reform process began and is on track to spend more in 2011 than it did in 2010. See chart below......