Banning lobbyist gifts (if hard to enforce) is a good step...the other lobbying rules are even better.
I'm really impressed with this, though:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gOvV45M2I2mQQoxZT3Xi8eEWaXkwD95S5BU81
One of the U.S. Attorneys fired for not being Republican enough has been reactivated to head the prosecutions at Guantanamo. Nice.