Mercado (an somewhat unfortunate name) is one of 14 lobbyists comprising Ogilvy Government Relations. Ogilvy have 24 registered clients of which Blackstone ishardly prominent. And private equity is only one of Blackstone's businesses.
So - "Mr. Mercado is registered to lobby on behalf of Blackstone regarding private equity legislation" is flat out false. Not only is there no evidence that Mercado personally did any lobbying for Blackstone but the statement that someone is registered regarding specific legislation is pure nonsense.
The article is a hit piece. Misleading? Mercado has impeccable Democratic credentials.
Rather more interesting are some of Ogilvy's other clients : Carlyle, NRA, Pfizer and the RIAA.
http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/lobbyist.asp?year=2007&txtname=Mercado%2C+Moses&txttype=l"No one has an excuse to post anything that (a) is from a right-wing rag and (b) that you haven't fully vetted through at least 2 minutes of research." AMEN
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