More lobbyists usually means more favorable news coverage. We'll see by August if Clinton's lobbyist lead parlays into Democratic Party nomination.
Democrat Hillary Clinton has raised more money from lobbyists than any other presidential candidate while Republican John McCain has more of them assisting his campaign.
[From Clinton Gets Most Lobbyist Money, McCain Most Help - Yahoo! News]
Clinton took in $823,087 from registered lobbyists and members of their firms in 2007 and the second-biggest recipient was McCain, who took in $416,321, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a Washington-based group which tracks political giving. Barack Obama, Clinton's rival for the Democratic nomination, doesn't take money from registered lobbyists, although he received $86,282 from employees of firms that lobby, according to the center.
Lobbyists also have plenty of influence among the super delegates, those 900 or so party officials who may have an outsized influence at the convention if Clinton or Obama don't have a firm majority of state delegates. Ask Gary Hart about how that played out in the 1984 convention (short answer, Walter Mondale won the nomination with the help of the super delegates, and subsequently got creamed in the national election).
For a brief history of superdelegates, click here
