The Burmese cyclone has also impacted the US presidential race. Doug Goodyear has resigned as the coordinator of the 2008 Republican National Convention after it was disclosed that his lobbying firm used to represent the military regime in Burma. Goodyear had been picked to run the convention by Sen. John McCain. Goodyear is the chief executive of the lobbying firm DCI Group. Newsweek reported on Saturday that Burma’s military had paid DCI $348,000 in 2002 and 2003. Other clients of the DCI Group include ExxonMobil and General Motors.