Obama campaigned on a promise that lobbyists would not be allowed to influence government while he is President. He also promised that there would be none of them in his Administration, though that is another promise he hasn't helped. So why are the denizens of K Street celebrating? (K Street is where the offices of lobbyists are concentrated in Washington, DC.) Because the huge budgets proposed by Obama are loaded with earmarks, and are larded up in other ways. So, it is business as usual, except even better than usual, as the hogs line up at the public trough. Flopping Aces has a report on how the lobbyist feel.