January 17, 2008 /

Mitt's Heated Exchange

Here is the big story of the day, a heated exchange between Romney and a reporter about lobbyists being on Mitt’s campaign. Mitt’s entire argument is that these people are not paid and are just “advisers”. Now let’s look at the definition of a lobbyist: A member of the lobby; a person who solicits members […]

Here is the big story of the day, a heated exchange between Romney and a reporter about lobbyists being on Mitt’s campaign.

Mitt’s entire argument is that these people are not paid and are just “advisers”. Now let’s look at the definition of a lobbyist:

A member of the lobby; a person who solicits members of a legislature for the purpose of influencing legislation.

So in other words this person is lobbying Mitt – right? Now if he was working for Romney and being paid by the campaign that would make him an employee. It sounds like Mittsters excuse could lead him into even more trouble.

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