McCain’s campaign starting ‘major outreach’ to lobbyists.
McCain’s campaign starting ‘major outreach’ to lobbyists.
The Politico reports that Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) campaign manager, Rick Davis, a former lobbyist himself, “is quietly selling [McCain’s] gameplan to the inside-the-beltway crowd,” giving presentations to major Washington lobbyists:
The previous night, Davis was giving a similar, if broader, presentation to a smaller group of the capital’s top lobbyists and p.r. gurus at Johnny’s Half Shell, a Capitol Hill watering hole.
Davis spoke to about 30 people, according to a lobbyist who attended, and described the gathering as the manager’s “first major outreach to the Washington community.”
Present were top officials from energy and utility concerns such as Nuclear Energy Institute, Edison Electric, the American Petroleum Institute, American Gas Association and Exelon. Also there were senior executives from heavyweight p.r. firms Edelman and Burson Martseller.
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I am now laughing.
April 14th, 2008 at 8:45 pmHow major is an outreach if it’s only across the aisle of the “Straight Talk Express?”
April 14th, 2008 at 8:49 pmWhat a panderer. Have another sprinkled chocolate donut and call it your “health plan,” you senile old coot.
McCain’s campaign starting ‘major outreach’ to lobbyists.
Boy , what a relief ………..As if McSkidmark hasn’t been “reaching out” to lobbyists as if he were Reed Richards/Mr Fantastic from the Fantastic 4 up until now ?
April 14th, 2008 at 8:51 pmOpen coffers, sell nation.
April 14th, 2008 at 8:59 pmHasn’t McSenile said that he doesn’t have lobbyists on his campaign team and hasn’t been influenced by them? That’s a nice joke there Johnny Boy. You’re just the next handpicked puppet to keep the fleecing and selling off of America alive and well until its dead and gone. I guess maybe you’ll soon be buying a compound in Paraguay?
April 14th, 2008 at 9:11 pmLooks like they got the guest list from Dick Cheney and his secret energy meetings.
“Ladies and Gentlemen: The bidding is now open for the property and power of the former United States of America. Please make the checks payable to Johnny McCain.”
April 14th, 2008 at 9:27 pmMajor outreach =
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ wp-dyn/ content/ article/ 2008/ 02/ 21/ AR2008022101131_pf.html
April 14th, 2008 at 9:53 pmMajor outreach to lobbyists ***STARTING**** ????
What has the wholesale hiring of lobbyists so far been ? And if this is the start, what will it look like when it fully ripens ???
April 15th, 2008 at 12:17 am.
McPander Bear reached out to his lobbyist cronies = McOutreach
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April 15th, 2008 at 1:32 amdoesn’t have to reach out that far…
April 15th, 2008 at 3:52 amdont they mean reachAROUND?
April 15th, 2008 at 4:48 amIts damn official now: If McCain is elected, he will be Bush the third.
That’d be a sad day if lobbyists become more powerful in Washington under President McCain. Can the word ‘hypocritic’ apply to Sen. McCain?
April 15th, 2008 at 5:26 amWhat Rick Davis should do for the “major outreach” to lobbyist is have a Barbecue. It worked for McCain with the press. And look how much they love him.
April 15th, 2008 at 5:48 amMy friends. You should elect someone who doesn’t have lobbyists working on thei…… I mean, takes money from lobb…..
Aww hell.
Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran…..
April 15th, 2008 at 7:19 amMcBush needs MONEY. He’s not getting it from “we the people” like Obama, so he has to go somewhere. Lobbyists have traditionally been the “cash cow” for Republican candidates. On the other hand, didn’t McCain say something about how he was the only candidate who wasn’t influenced by lobbyists. Right…..
April 15th, 2008 at 9:01 am