The American League of Lobbyists (ALL) has a branding problem. The
group represents the interests of lobbyists who are busy wandering the
halls of Congress and lining the pockets of insiders with your tax
dollars.
The problem is that lobbyists are (not surprisingly) the only group of Americans more unpopular than Congress right now. And according to a document uncovered by The Hill newspaper, ALL is angling to drop the word “lobbyist” from its name.
This is classic Washington double-talk at its finest. ALL, a group that protects and defends the interests of lobbyists, wants to hide its true business by striking the term from its name. Go figure.
The movement to rebrand ALL is a reaction to the “no lobbyists wanted” sign that Obama hung when his administration came to D.C. (Of course, a new study referenced in the Journal of Public Affairs shows that Obama’s big talk about lobbyists is nothing more than that. In fact, his team is loaded with former lobbyists).
http://www.capitolhilldaily.com/2013/09/obama-lobbyists-all/#more
The problem is that lobbyists are (not surprisingly) the only group of Americans more unpopular than Congress right now. And according to a document uncovered by The Hill newspaper, ALL is angling to drop the word “lobbyist” from its name.
This is classic Washington double-talk at its finest. ALL, a group that protects and defends the interests of lobbyists, wants to hide its true business by striking the term from its name. Go figure.
The movement to rebrand ALL is a reaction to the “no lobbyists wanted” sign that Obama hung when his administration came to D.C. (Of course, a new study referenced in the Journal of Public Affairs shows that Obama’s big talk about lobbyists is nothing more than that. In fact, his team is loaded with former lobbyists).
http://www.capitolhilldaily.com/2013/09/obama-lobbyists-all/#more
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