Is anyone as hard-working as a red-state Democrat who just left the U.S. Senate? These men seem to always take two jobs in the lobbying industry.
Evan Bayh, D-Ind., soon after retiring in 2011, became senior advisor with Apollo Global Management and a partner with McGuireWoods, a K Street lobbyist/law firm.
Ben Nelson, D-Neb., lost any chance of re-election when he voted for Obamacare, but the parties most affected by the law made sure he landed okay — he got a gig at a public-policy lobbying shop called Agenda, plus he became CEO of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
And this week, Alaska’s Mark Begich — one of three Democratic senators named “Mark” to lose last November — announced he was starting his own “public policy” firm. He also will be “Vice President for Policy and Development” at the National Association of Home Care & Hospice.
