Many top former administration officials and some 200 former senators and congresspeople shifting into careers as extremely highly-paid D.C. lobbyists is an example of __________

A) lobbyists attempting to hire those who give their firm the most ethical possible public image
B) interest groups attempting to sway the judiciary
C) the phenomenon of many government bureaucracies being "captured" or "colonized" by the
lobbying groups they deal with.
D) a government-to-lobbying transition that has been a commonplace since the mid-1800s

C