President-elect Barack Obama has imposed stricter conflict-of-interest restrictions on his White House transition team than any president before him. But a list of transition team members that his office made public on Friday includes a complicated tangle of ties to private influence-seekers. Full Story »
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I had hoped this story could get past demonizing lobbyist. Attorneys represent clients who are disliked, but for a lobbyist to do so is never forgiven. The vetting process must be deeper assuring that members of transition teams are of good character. Media seem to always seek an easy way to classify. The Times does try to look at little deeper but overall falls back to the easy classification.
