K-Street Project and Santorum

I'm behind on the New Yorker again, working my way through the August 1 issue. On pages 42-53 there is a story by John Cassidy called "The Ringleader" on Grover Norquist, a leading Republican conservative activist. Note this passage on p. 51:

In recent years, he [Grover Norquist] has also been involved in the K-Street Project, an audacious attempt by Republican leaders on Capital Hill, including Tom DeLay and Senator Rick Santorum, of Pennsylvania, to turn the busy thoroughfare where many corporate influence peddlers have their offices into an affiliate of the Republican Party. Republicans have warned lobbying firms not to hire any Democrats or contribute to Democratic causes if they wish to influence legislation. In 1999, Americans for Tax Reform began posting on its Web site information about which candidates and parties individual lobbyists have made contributions to, and Norquist started echoing the DeLay-Santorum line, calling for even secretaries to be Republicans.

Great move -- let's pick on secretaries and office workers and try to deny them jobs unless they belong to a particular party. This is a tactic I would find reprehensible by any political organization.