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The Natural Order of Things in DC

by David Kurtz
08.06.09 | 8:41 am

As Politico puts it, lobbyists were just getting back on their feet after the initial Obama whirlwind and “regaining [their] natural place in the business of Washington” when those darned forged astroturfing letters went and messed everything up again.

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