The Muscle Behind the Throne

Lobbying is a concerted effort designed to achieve some result, typically from government authorities and elected officials. It can consist of the outreach of legislative members, public actions (e.g. mass demonstrations), or combinations of both public and private actions (e.g. encouraging constituents to contact their legislative representatives). As a professional occupation it is also known as "government affairs" or "public affairs" (see this for more information).

Now that everyone who hadn't already has a better understanding of what a Lobbyist is, I come to my question. Should Lobby ism be allowed to take the course it currently is in politics or should changes be made? In today's society, it is extremely hard to run a good campaign for office unless there is a considerable amount of funding for one's cause. However, most politicians who run don't have easy access to their own little piggy bank for this affair so they have to go to supporters who tend to share their opinions. Speculation of course is that these opinions are rather forceful where insubordinate acts made by the politician equal termination of funds and the loss of their public roll.

It is my opinion that lobbyists believe because they donated the most money to the winning politician, they are somehow entitled to have their opinion heard over the mass majority of America who weren't along for the ride with them. I believe that lobbyists should be publicly "praised" if they donated the most to the politician who won so their name can be raised for good publicity but that is as far as their reach goes. For sake of keeping this first article as brief as possible I will just leave it at that but I'll interject throughout the postings to share the rest of my opinion so please share yours!