I got this email this morning, and for a while I thought it might be a joke. It’s not. With a healthy amount of moral certitude — and their team in power on Capitol Hill — progressives are moving to K Street, where they will “clean out the stables” and practice virtuous lobbying, untainted by the kind of influence-peddling that felled the previous inhabitants. From the liberal Campaign for America’s Future:
PROGRESSIVES TAKING OVER K STREET POWER CORRIDOR
Changeover In Congress Helps Alter Political Culture In Washington, Campaign for America’s Future Moves To K Street, Doubles Office Size
WASHINGTON – Marking the end of more than 12 years of conservative rule in the nation’s capital, the Campaign for America’s Future will double its office space and join a network of progressive groups taking over Washington’s K Street power corridor this week.
The Campaign for America’s Future moves to 1825 K Street today, joining several other progressive organizations that represent “the new K Street.” Progressive Majority and the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center moved at the same time as the Campaign for America’s future, joining Americans United and US Action, already in the building. The Campaign for America’s Future signed a 10-year lease for the space to accommodate the organization’s growth since its founding 10-years ago by a network of 100 prominent progressive leaders…
The group waged a hard-hitting ad campaign to expose corrupt members of Congress who did not return to Washington, including former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, and Rep. Bob Ney, R-Ohio, and helped lead an effort to defeat President Bush’s plan to privatize Social Security. At the new location, the Campaign for America’s Future will step up its mobilization behind the Apollo Alliance’s plan to create millions of new jobs through energy independence and create a national conversation about providing health care coverage for everyone in America.