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WHAT PEOPLE PAY TONY PODESTA $1000 AN HOUR TO DO. Tony Podesta is in the news because he lobbies ?

By Glenn Reynolds

WHAT PEOPLE PAY TONY PODESTA $1000 AN HOUR TO DO.

Tony Podesta is in the news because he lobbies for BP, public enemy No. 1 in President Obama?s Washington after a BP-rented oil rig blew up and started gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico 63 days ago.

Podesta and his wife Heather aren?t just any lobbyists. Tony?s brother John ? who now heads the liberal think tank Center for American Progress ? led Obama?s transition team and has been dubbed the ?shadow president? because of his close ties to the White House. Tony and Heather Podesta each have visited the White House seven times, according to public visitor logs.

They told me if I voted for McCain, Washington would be run by insider fatcats and their corporate tools. And they were right!

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on June 22, 2010 (boomark / email).