Why Newt’s lobbying matters

Published December 15, 2011 5:00am ET



Whenever I write that Newt was, in fact, a lobbyist, I get lots of responses reading “who cares!?” or something to the same effect.

The reason it matters, though, is not because being a lobbyist is inherently bad. The problem is twofold:

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