'It Girl' emerges as health, climate, economy converge
(NEWSER) - Barack Obama the candidate railed against lobbyists' influence—but under his administration, the Washington movers and shakers are flourishing. With health care reform, the environment, and the economy in focus all at once, it’s the “Summer of the Lobbyist,” writes Manuel Roig-Franzia in the Washington Post. At the center of it all is Heather Podesta, “an It Girl in a new generation of young, highly connected, built-for-the-Obama-era lobbyists.” More»
