The info in post 34 could hurt Armey’s efforts. I now think that he needed to leave in order to fight....the same reason Palin resigned. Sarah is much more effective now than before. I hope that proves true for Armey as well.
why is it all of the sudden that having a personal interest in a political postion a conflict of interest?? why does it only apply to conservatives?? why does it seem that lately conservative have to sacrifice things they’ve worked so hard at and become “outsiders” to be effective?? i don’t recall a liberal doing that.
Glad to see you mention that...my thinking as well.
FWIW ..... wikipedia has been edited to reflect the news:
In August 2009 Armey was asked to step down from his lobbying position at DLA Piper, a Washington lobby firm working for the pharmaceutical industry to pass health care reform legislation. Armey was simultaneously chairing the conservative group FreedomWorks which was actively working to defeat health care reform. DLA Piper was concerned about the conflict of interest particularly since their clients were spending millions in advertising and lobbying money to support the passage of health care reform and FreedomWorks was linked to disruptive right wing demonstrations at town hall forums where health care reform was being discussed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Armey