Looks like Obama is already backsliding on ethics rules

CNN and NBC are both reporting that President Obama is already backsliding on the "change" he brought to Washington, DC regarding ethics.

A day after being sworn in to the presidency, Obama signed an executive order on ethics.

"The executive order on ethics I will sign shortly represents a clean break from business as usual. As of today, lobbyists will be subject to stricter limits than under any other administration in history. If you are a lobbyist entering my administration, you will not be able to work on matters you lobbied on, or in the agencies you lobbied during the previous two years. When you leave government, you will not be able to lobby my administration for as long as I am president."

But, Obama is already seeking exceptions to that rule. Obama is seeking a waiver for William Lynn, a former lobbyist for defense contractor Raytheon. Obama wants Lynn to be a deputy secretary of defense - a violation of the executive order he signed the other day. Color us so surprised. Oh sure, Obama's cronies in the Senate are attempting to add stipulations to Lynn's confirmation, saying he would recuse himself for a period of one year whenever something comes up with his former employer. It seems the change Obama is bringing to D.C. has a Chicago kind of flavor.

If Obama is willing to backslide on change so quickly, what else will his administration attempt to circumvent.