<p>Yeah, you’re wrong!</p>
<p>First, let me explain something about the attorney/lobbyist world: you aren’t paid to advocate for what you want; you are paid to advocate for what someone else wants. (That particular “someone else” is the one who is paying the bills.) Your opinions aren’t part of that equation. No one is going to throw gobs of money at you for you to tell the world what you think. </p>
<p>If that is the job you want, become a newspaper columnist or a radio personality.</p>
<p>A lobbyist is tring to influence legislators to vote the way a client wants them to vote. You may agree, disagree, or be totally unconcerned with this particular bill. Even if you are on the same page as the client, you should NOT use the arguments that you like or you find persuasive; you should not talk the person’s ear off; you should research the issue and present it in a way that is most persuasive to the person you are trying to persuade.</p>