To be fair...this is the article I think you refer to....

"Hundreds, if not thousands, of lobbyists are likely to be ejected from federal advisory panels as part of a little-noticed initiative by the Obama administration to curb K Street's influence in Washington, according to White House officials and lobbying experts."

A lot of data in this article and it sure sounds good on the surface !!

From the other end I referred to...

"Obama's Lobbyist Ban Meets a Loophole: William Lynn

Not surprisingly, Obama's good-government backers were less than pleased to see the President, only a few days after signing the blanket ban, issue a waiver permitting William Lynn to serve as Deputy Secretary of Defense. The lobbying loophole was allowed, Administration officials explain, because Lynn is "uniquely qualified" for the job. Realists at the Pentagon and elsewhere put it slightly differently, saying the President was simply acknowledging that people who know how to run the Pentagon generally have been involved in the process. "

http://www.time.com/time/politics/ar...874165,00.html

Now, this alone is not a bad thing...my problem is that he does not do what he says....if he sticks with what he says I will certainly give him credit, but thus far,......