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Part II of Pam Marten's Article, The Obama Bubble Agenda: Bankrolling a Presidential Campaign

By Sukey, People's Democratic Republic of Brooklyn - May 11th, 2008 at 10:51 am EDT

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The Obama Bubble Agenda: Bankrolling a Presidential Campaign By Pam Martens, CounterPunch, May 6, 2008:

"The number one industry supporting the Obama presidential bid, by the start of February, -- the crucial time in primary season -- according to the widely respected, nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, was "lawyers/law firms" (most on Wall Street's payroll), giving a total of $11,246,596.

This presents three unique credibility problems for the yes-we-can-little-choo-choo-that-could campaign: (1) these are not just "lawyers/law firms"; the vast majority of these firms are also registered lobbyists at the Federal level; (2) Senator Obama has made it a core tenet of his campaign platform that the way he is gong to bring the country hope and change is not taking money from federal lobbyists; and (3) with the past seven ignoble years of lies and distortions fresh in the minds of voters, building a candidacy based on half-truths is not a sustainable strategy to secure the west wing from the right wing."

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