The issues he was lobbying for include some that might not sit well with the GOP base.In any republican debates it will be brought up that Barbour Griffith & Rogers Inc., according to Huffington Post "represented foreign governments on trade and immigration issues, advocated for a fuel additives association that was working in opposition to the ethanol industry dear to Iowa voters, and helped a number of universities get federal funding through a tactic that is anathema to cut-spending conservatives." He built a Wall Street who's who of influential clients including Bristol-Myers Squibb, CBS, Comcast, Delta Air Lines, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft and Qwest Communications.
He says that the job of President is very similar to lobbyist. Anyone want to beg to differ ? Especially republican faithful and even more especially, the anti tax and spend Tea Party. This may be the swan song for the would be candidate.
