That doesn't mean there are no efforts to influence the minority parties, but the principal efforts almost always involve the party in power, the party or the individuals from that party who can deliver results.

To effectively address the scandals in Washington, which revolve around the multiple ways lobbyists use money to buy influence, Congress must reform the lobbying, campaign finance and ethics rules, and create new means for enforcing these rules.

[Fred Wertheimer, a longtime advocate for campaign finance reform, called DeLay] the king of a Washington-lobbyist, influence-money approach for governing America. ... pay-to-play philosophy.

This is a tremendously suspicious deal. Once again the influence of minority groups, of the Catalan government, is behind it.

That will also positively influence the price offered to the minority shareholders.

The battle goes on. There's a very powerful case to establish that these ads were about defeating Sen. Feingold, not lobbying him.