Back when the Jack Abramoff scandal was exploding across Washington in 2005 and 2006, the White House went to great lengths to publicly distance itself from the Republican uberlobbyist — even though anyone who knew anything about Republican politics knew Abramoff was hard-wired into the very fabric of the modern GOP.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=176503