Barack Obama has made a big whoop-de-doo about not taking campaign contributions from lobbyists. But he’s raised lots and lots of money from those with lobbyist connections, as the Examiner’s Tim Carney reported in a piece logged in at the web yesterday, October 27, at 5:06pm. Carney’s lead: “President Obama doesn’t take campaign contributions from lobbyists — unless you count the owners and CEOs of lobbying firms, corporate vice presidents for government relations, or managing directors for public policy.”  And his article goes on to provide chapter and verse.

Eric Lichtblau wrote a similar story for the New York Times, His lead: “Despite a pledge not to take money from lobbyists, President Obama has relied on prominent supporters who are active in the lobbying industry to raise millions of dollars for his re-election bid.” The web version of Lichtblau’s story is dated October 27, but it seems it appeared in the October 28 print edition of the Times (it’s on their home page right now and the first of 166 comments logged in is dated October 28 at 8:43am).