Out-of-Work GOP Aides Face Tough Road Ahead
By Kate Ackley
Roll Call Staff
November 9, 2006
The hundreds of Republican staffers — not to mention more than a few Members — who will lose their jobs in the next few weeks are going to face a hostile marketplace on K Street as unemployed Republicans flood the market.
Tuesday’s election results sent at least 20 incumbents in the House and Senate packing and flipped control of the House to Democrats. It also flipped a decade-long trend of Republicans as the darlings of the lobbying sector. While GOP aides are flooding the town with their résumés, it’s now plugged-in Democratic aides whom companies and firms really have an eye for. ………
Try to restrain your tears. The report in Rollcall is a heap of alarmist crap. There are lots and lots of job openings for people like them right here or if they're the "go getting" type just send them this direct link to the job application form.