May 23rd, 2009 - The Huffington Post
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Last spring in New Orleans I met a D.C. lobbyist who had read my piece on John McCain's lack of a visit to New Orleans aside from his private fund-raisers, and we talked about how shortly after that McCain flew down and walked through the 9th Ward. I joked that maybe McCain's staffers were taking direction from the Huffington Post, and the lobbyist answered, "Actually they have to. It's the only way to get out in front of the news cycle as it breaks."
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