Opensecrets.org reveals that in the 2008 Presidential Race, Hilary Clinton has accepted the most lobbyist money, $865,290. Republican candidate John McCain came in second place, accepting $590,952, and Barack Obama fell low on the list with $115,163 in lobbyist contributions.

McCain is taking the hardest hit online, with an entire diagram built to highlight his enormous lobbyist ties.  It seems that McCain’s entire staff consists of current and former lobbyists with interests in companies ranging from the NRA to General Motors.
 
In preparation for an intense PA primary on April 22, both Clinton and Obama have been slinging online ad’s claiming the other is accepting funds and supporting lobbying interests from oil companies. Lobbyists have been puppeteers in Washington, pulling strings and making politicians dance.

But rest assured, even if politicians are salivating for the money being fanned in their faces by oil companies and special interest groups, watchdogs all over the Net are ready to expose their impious connections.