Question: What good is a pledge if it is not adhered to?

Answer: Not very good.

And that’s the state of Obama’s pledge to end the practice of allowing industry insiders involved in lobbying to affect public policy from within the government.

Like with so many other things in the Obama agenda, the audacity is the degree to which rules are broken and job-killing policies enacted.

Today’s case study is an individual by the name of Robert Shireman. He happens to be Deputy Undersecretary at the Department of Education.

Mr. Shireman’s role in the transition and at Education violated both Obama transition and administration ethics policies. Why?

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Embattled Athens County, Ohio Democratic Chairwoman Susan Gwinn was indicted Monday on two counts of election-related bribery, special prosecutors announced today.

Gwinn, who last month was charged with six felonies for campaign finance crimes and money-laundering, became the subject of a voter fraud investigation after an email from College Democrats Vice President Kellie Galan surfaced in which students were promised a cash bounty for every voter brought to the polls.

“Remember, if you bring a friend from 4th ward they are more then [sic] a friend, they’re 5 bucks!” Galan wrote to fellow College Democrats in the email.

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