In South Carolina, just over a week ago, Mitt Romney declared, “I don’t have lobbyists running my campaign.”

It is a statement that is true, only if carefully parsed.

Here is the video of Romney being confronted by AP reporter Glen Johnson.

Coming out of his primary victory in Michigan, Romney has begun positioning himself as the Washington Outsider, railing against the failed policies of Washington DC Politics-as-usual. A populist of sorts, vowing to fight for every single good job, although his past business record suggests something quite different.

A quick check of the number of his K Street endorsements (more than any other Republican) shows the “Washington Outsider” role to be only a matter of creative casting:

Phil Anderson (Navigators)
Alexander Annett (Patton Boggs)
Elliott Berke (Barbour, Griffith & Rogers)
Henry Bonilla (The Normandy Group)
Michael Bromberg (Capitol Health Group)
Cesar Conda (Navigators)
John Feore (Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal)
Amy Flachbart (K&L Gates)
Ben Ginsberg (Patton Boggs)
Nate Gatten (American Capitol Group)
Gregg Hartley (Cassidy & Associates)
Ron Kaufman (Dutko Worldwide)
Ed Kutler (Clark & Weinstock)
Drew Maloney (Ogilvy Government Relations)
Fred McClure (Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal)
Phil Musser (New Frontier Strategy)
Darryl Nirenberg (Patton Boggs)
David Norcross (Blank Rome)
Jason Roe (Federal Strategy Group)
Bill Simmons (Dutko Worldwide)
David Tamasi (Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide)
Robb Watters (The Madison Group)
Vin Weber (Clark & Weinstock)
Tom Worrall (Whitmer & Worrall)
Bill Wichterman* (Covington & Burling)

Mitt Romney: say anything, promise everything, accomplish nothing.