Barack Obama at Showbox SoDo on Dec. 11, 2007. Photo by Chris Kornelis.After a two-year campaign in which Obama declared lobbyists and specials interests to be the scourge of American politics, his transition office announced today that lobbyists would be allowed to play a role in the transition, with some caveats. What do you think? Going back on his campaign promises already?Feb. 8 at KeyArena”If you are ready for change, if you are ready, if you believe that we can go ahead and tell the lobbyists their days of setting the agenda in Washington are over, they have not funded my campaign, they will not run my White House, they will not drown out the voices of the American people when I am president of the United States of America.”Dec. 11, 2007 at Showbox SoDo”So, I’m running for president to let the corporate lobbyists know that their days for setting the agenda in Washington is over. They have not funded my campaign, they will not work in my White House, they will not drown out the voices of the American people when I am president of the United States of America. That’s why I’m in it.”