President Elect Barack Obama ran his campaign saying the lobbyists needed to be taken out of Washington.  He said during a debate with Hillary Clinton and John Edwards that lobbyist definitely have influence on the politicians and that this influence must stop.  He said they would not have access to his administration.

Hillary Clinton during this same debate said, when asked if she would continue taking money from lobbyists, "YES I will, these lobbyists are people like nurses, etc..." 

Watch the video of this debate.

Now that Obama is soon to have his own administration -- what is one of the first things he does?  He is reported to have asked, who else, but Hillary Clinton (one of the biggest lobbyist friend in Washington) to be his Secretary of State.

Do you suppose that each country she visits as SOS might 'also' have lobbyists working for them?