"The NRA hasn't done a good job of lobbying, in terms of changing minds," Rob Pincus, a self-defense trainer who serves on the board of directors of 2AO, a firearms training and advocacy group, told VICE News during the conference's reception on Saturday night.
Every day, politicians tell journalists things that are "unattributable", on "lobby terms", "for guidance only" or "off the record".
That politician will then go on Newsnight and say this policy is the best thing since sliced bread, and the journalist, who was told on lobby terms, is going to have to attribute it to 'a senior Downing Street source'.
It was a vision of a new politics not in any way compromised by the fact that this briefing was conducted "on lobby terms", with strict instructions to refer to its deliverer only as "a senior cabinet minister".
And some big operators, while lobbying for easier terms for cross-border mergers, are not above trying to block those same unions when they may be to their disadvantage.
The Center's investigation focuses in particular on the fact that public relations efforts now trump lobbying efforts in terms of at-large spending for major trade associations. .
Despite all his titles, Mr Jiang is not as strong politically as his predecessors, and so cannot ignore overwhelming opposition from colleagues.Rumours nonetheless persist that Mr Jiang is still lobbying for another term as general secretary.
I mean, even the Bush administration seems to be coming around to the view that lobbying for long-term tax cuts isn't enough, that the economy needs some immediate help.
These focused on legal tactics, including lobbying against late-term abortions and access to mifepristone and demanding legislation based on the purported ABC link.
They made their case for the need to address climate change to hundreds of fence-sitter legislators, often waiting to catch a moment in the lobbies outside of Congressional lunches (this type of work is where the term "lobbying" comes from, folks).
