Dick Morris

"More than thirty members of Congress have hired their wives to work on their campaign payrolls...But another growing trend is that members' wives, husbands, sons, daughters, sons-in-law, daughter-in-laws are actually becoming lobbyists! That way, they get paid to lobby their spouses or parents!

It's a neat gig. Even if your family consists entirely of dullards, they’re a cinch to get a job if all you have to do is lobby dear old Dad. With so many goodies on the line, - through government contracts, special interest legislation and regulations and budgetary earmarks - everyone can play the game. Usually the legislator piously declares that his family/lobbyist cannot lobby him. One even barred her from his office. But nobody is fooled. Everyone knows what is going on."