"Perception Problem"?

Another lobbyist has left the McBush campaign. National finance committee co-chair Tom Loeffler resigned yesterday in what McBush aides tried to dismiss as a "perception problem," i.e., having the Straight Talk Express piloted by the usual gang of Washington corporate lobbyists. Loeffler is the fifth McBush campaign aide/lobbyist to have to resign because they were still connected with lobbying groups while serving in an official campaign capacity. Umm, no -- and this one doesn't depend on what the meaning of "is" is -- when you have active corporate lobbyists working for your campaign, it's not "perception," it's "reality."

In related news, there's this from The Onion.