The company has hired a retinue of Republican and Democratic lobbyists.

"Everyone wants to sit at Lou's table at dinner," said a Democratic lobbyist.

Democratic lobbyists are hardly out of work, because they are still essential to getting the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster in the Senate.

Samantha then gave the flu to her brother Jonathan, and he to their mother, a Democratic lobbyist for various liberal organizations.

As one Democratic lobbyist put it, "it's bad form and it's rarely done to lobby someone at a fund-raiser."

Democratic lobbyists are salivating at the prospect of new, huge fees.

The hardball effort may have failed, but it did prompt many Democratic lobbyists to watch their backs.

It would be naïve to say that Democratic lobbyists haven't overnight increased their influence.

Democratic lobbyists are fielding calls from companies as the environment in Washington shifts in the wake of the elections.