One must admit that the sympathy factor will be near zero.
...In what could be the biggest threat to their livelihood, Washington’s
lobbyists are about to be challenged by the very same Super PACs that
flooded millions of dollars into the 2016 presidential and Senate
campaigns.
... Rules-constrained lobbyists, limited on how much they can spend on
entertainment and campaign contributions, will soon face competition
from Super PACs that can spend freely to lobby. Several are eyeing
big-dollar, media-heavy campaigns on issues like taxes and spending to
move public opinion, threatening K Street’s traditional approach of
dispatching lobbyists to woo individual lawmakers with persuasion and
donations....--AmSpec quoting Paul Bedard
That's why the K Street gang was so all-fired hot to void Citizens United.
Having said that, the problem is Federalization of every damn thing in the country. Lobbyists are a natural result of Federalization.
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