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Who is Jim Demers?

During Saturday's debate, in the face of an explicit charge from Clinton, Obama denied that his New Hampshire co-chair Jim Demers is a lobbyist for the pharmaceutical industry: "That's not so."Watch the exchange here.

In fact, as you can see here, it is a true fact that Demers is registered to lobby for Pfizer and PhRMA.

Obama campaign repeatedly declined Sunday to explain his debate denial.

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