Whitehouseforsale.org, the presidential election fundraising project for Public Citizen, on Monday released details on the amount of lobbyist-fundraisers that the presidential candidates have recruited so far. The combined number of lobbyist-fundraisers is already at 142, which exceeds the amount recruited by candidates in 2004. Public Citizen states:
"Republican John McCain has more lobbyist-fundraisers than any other candidate, with nearly twice as many as runner-up Rudy Giuliani. Among Democrats, Hillary Clinton has the most lobbyist-fundraisers, which is not surprising because her chief opponents have adopted a policy of not accepting help from current lobbyists. Barack Obama and John Edwards each have bundlers who previously registered as lobbyists and are counted in this study."Candidate Number of Lobbyist Bundlers John McCain 59 Rudy Giuliani 35 Hillary Clinton 20 Mitt Romney 16 Barack Obama 10 John Edwards 3 Public Citizen will provide a regular updates on lobbyist-fundraisers for the presidential candidates over the course of the campaign.
