LOBBYIST MONEY-- SEPARATING THE GOOD DEMOCRATS FROM THE BAD DEMOCRATS (AND THE REPUBLICANS)

The biggest story in DC today was, by far, Howard Dean and Barack Obama announcing the lobbyists were not welcome around the DNC any longer. It's an immense political earthquake-- maybe a 9.5 on the DC Richter scale. Terry McAuliffe may be headed straight for the Double Talk Express where lobbyists have been made to feel right at home-- and where no one else is. Dean:

As we move toward the general election, the Democratic Party has to be the Party of ordinary Americans, not Washington lobbyists and special interests. So, as of this morning, if you're a federal lobbyist, or if you control political action committee donations, we won't be accepting your contribution.

This is an unprecedented move for a political party to make-- one that has sent shockwaves through Washington and has turned the debate on clean campaigns upside down. We've unilaterally agreed to shut lobbyists out of the process, and are we're relying on people just like you.

I guess that means Hillary isn't on the short-short list. Wonderers are also wondering how the worst of the Democratic Party power mongers who have built powerful political fiefdoms based on being intermediaries between their congressional caucuses and the corrupt corporate money largely reserved for Republicans-- particularly Rahm Emanuel, Steny Hoyer and Debbie Wasserman Shultz on the House side and, of course, Schumer on the Senate side-- will react.

Late today Emanuel's puppets at the DCCC said Obama is on his own. As night fell and Schumer emerged from his coffin, the DSCC also announced that they will continue gobbling up all the corporate bribes they can get their hands on and his spokesperson even told a joke about the situation: “All of our contributions are transparent and publicly disclosed. Senate Democrats passed strong ethics legislation to clean up the influence of lobbyists in Washington.” So there. And, ethically speaking, the difference between Schumer and Miss McConnell is what exactly? We already know that it is only time separating Emanuel and Tom DeLay, his GOP doppelganger.