Lobbyist Bob Gray: Pitchman of the Power House

How top Lobbyist Bob Gray makes friends and sells influence

There was a time when lobbyists were discreet, working their deals behind closed doors. But Robert Keith Gray is a new breed of lobbyist, preferring to enter by the front door and stay in the limelight.

The dapper, polished Gray, 62, is the founder and president of Gray & Co., an 86-member lobbying and public relations firm located in a lavishly decorated former generating plant in Georgetown immodestly named the Power House. His office is decorated with photographs of him shaking hands with every President...