THE ANTI-LOBBYIST. To Ruth Marcus's excellent, beyond the rhetoric column on the Democratic presidential candidates' records with regard to campaign finance reform and lobbying -- which concludes that "Obama leads the pack" on this issue -- I have only this to add:
That's the front of That's the front of Barack Obama's downtown Des Moines headquarters. Every one of his nearly 30 offices across the state has a similar sign. Obama has, writes Marcus, "co-sponsored bills to overhaul the presidential public financing system and public financing of Senate campaigns." I expect we're going to be hearing a lot more on this issue.
--Garance Franke-Ruta
