DNC to return lobbyists donations after OpenSecrets.org blog exposes them

Washington Examiner:

"Donations from at least 10 registered lobbyists during the 2010 election cycle are being returned by the Democratic National Committee after questions were raised about them by the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP).

'We're in the process of reimbursing the money,' DNC spokeswoman Caroline Ciccone told OpenSecrets Blog. 'For whatever reason, be it human error, they gave donations that were out of line with our policy.' OpenSecrets blog is CRP's blog.

President Obama promised in June 2008 to much fanfare that neither he nor the DNC would accept money from either political action committees (PACs) or registered lobbyists if he was elected."