Mark Green made a good point on Rachel Maddow yesterday -- when thinking about Obama's no lobbyist policy, including his waivers to it, we should remember not all lobbyists are equal. How about a non-profit lobbyist for some voting rights organization? When you come down to it, "lobby" inherently isn't a bad word, and realistically too many are "tainted" to have some absolute rule. This doesn't justify any waiver -- that would be nihilistic -- but it might suggest Obama's early rule could have bitten off more than it could chew.
