Lobbyists made $2.9 billion in 2007

Maybe why electing a president that refused money from lobbyists is an important thing to think about this election cycle:

Lobbyists reported $2.9 billion in fees last year according to a newstudy by the National Journal, which declared that a record sum.  It'sroughly double what the industry pulled down in 1998, according to themagazine's figures.

Lobbyists likely made "hundreds of millions of dollars more" inincome they aren't legally required to report, the magazine said.

Now that Democrats toppled Tom DeLay's empire, it's time to bring in a president that has always been tough on ethics reform.  We're not going to get anywhere if we elect someone that has been in Washington their entire political career.