Icheoku says give it up for semantics as the man who can never be elected president, Mitt Romney, the cultic Mormon, has now taken to words juggling to compound things further, calling rival Newt Gingrich a lobbyist by another term.
Practically speaking there is no difference between six and half dozen and as between a lobbyist and an influence peddler, both trades in effecting an outcome. So whether Newt Gingrich is a lobbyist or an influence peddler makes no difference really, as both by definition, implies that Newt Gingrich always exacts pressure to force his views and/or position on someone so as to effect an outcome. So America, Mitt Romney says that Newt Gingrich strong-arms people to have his way and would show no mercy if nominated and no compassion if elected; admitted the later is a Mountain Everest climb.