Obama Making Change happen already

In an announcement today, the DNC will no longer accept contributions from federal lobbyists or Political Action Committees (PAC's). This came as a request by the Obama campaign. Also, Howard Dean will stay on as Chairman of the DNC, quieting rumors that Obama was going to have him replaced with a member of the Obama team.

From the New York Times,

Mr. Obama is announcing today that the D.N.C. will no longer accept contributions from federal lobbyists or political action committees, which follows the rules he established for his own campaign last year.

“We want the Democratic Party to conform to his standards of openness to reduce the influence of special interests,” Linda Douglass, a campaign spokeswoman, told reporters today before Mr. Obama flew from New York City for a campaign stop in Virginia.