Lobbyists for McCain

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Robert Aiken
Position: Fundraiser
Clients: Pinnacle West Capital Corporation
Biography: The VP of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, Aiken\'s savvy negotiations netted the company $14.3 million when the Air Force was forced to buy 122 acres from SunCor, a Pinnacle subsidiary, for three times the county\'s assessed value and twice the military\'s estimate. [source]
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Brian Ballard
Position: National Finance Co-Chair
Clients: Florida Power & Light, Com-Net, Ericsson, GTECH, Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Biography: Hounded by legal nitpickers and campaign finance reform sticklers who think campaign finance rules weren\'t meant to be broken, Ballard is celebrated in Beltway circles for his close personal ties with many lawmakers. A top McCain bundler, he has raised over $500,000 for the campaign. [source]
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Wayne Berman
Position: National Finance Co-Chair; Senior Advisor; Top Fundraiser
Clients: Chevron, Texaco, Hess, American Petroleum Institute, Reliant Energy, Constellation Energy, HHH, Monsanto, Ameriquest, Pfizer, Millenium Pharmaceuticals
Biography: Not the type to conduct closed-door policy meetings, Mr. Berman organized a series of June fundraisers with Oil Industry leaders that raised millions to help elect John McCain. A tireless and selfless worker, Berman set up all the arrangements. All McCain had to do was reverse his long-held position against offshore drilling. [source]
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Charlie Black
Position: Senior Adviser
Clients: Accenture, General Electric, General Motors, Johnson and Johnson, JP Morgan, Occidental Petroleum Corp.,Philip Morris, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco, Yukos Oil
Biography: "Is there too much cronyism?" McCain\'s Senior Advisor Charlie Black famously quipped about Iraq. "I just wish I could find the cronies." [source]
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Judy Black
Position: Women for McCain Steering Committee, Fundraiser
Clients: ATT, Clear Channel, Comcast, IBM, Merrill Lynch, National Cable and Telecom Association
Biography: Judy Black is committed to family values. Together with husband, DC uber-lobbyist Charlie Black, they make up that awe-inspiring Washington breed: the wonder-spouse insider duo juggernaut. After all, a family that gets paid well together, stays together. [source]
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Kirk Blalock
Position: Fundraiser
Clients: American Insurance Association, America\'s Health Insurance Plans, Coalition for a Competitive Pharma Market, EADS North America, Coca Cola, MCI, Miller Brewing, Sprint Nextel, Time Warner, Yahoo!
Biography: Another member of the Bush White House, Blalock served as a special assistant and liaison to the business community. As part of a McCain Administration, Blalock hopes to score more wins for his overseas clients, and a bigger White House office than the one he currently has. [source]
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Eric Burgeson
Position: Energy Adviser, Fundraiser
Clients: Lockheed Martin, Government of Kurdistan, BP, NRA, Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association
Biography: Burgeson is a master of that mystical synergy between private interests and public policy. He has a knack for finding common ground between such disparate clients as BP Amoco the Kurdistan Regional Government and the National Rifle Association.* As such, Burgeson was perfectly suited to advise Sen. John McCain on energy and environmental policy before being forced to resign from the campaign after liberal bellyachers cited “conflicts of interest.” * U.S. Secretary of the Senate Lobbying Disclosure Database, accessed May 13, 2008. [source]
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Kristen Chadwick
Position: Women for McCain Steering Committee, Fundraiser
Clients: American Insurance Association, America\'s Health Insurance Plans, APRIA Healthcare, Coca Cola, EADS North America, Fannie Mae, Ford, Home Depot, MCI, Sprint Nextel, Time Warner
Biography: This former congressional liaison for President Bush is an expert on trade issues. A champion of the free market and a foremost voice on behalf of a larger equatorial workforce, she was a key player in the passage of the Central American Free Trade Agreement. [source]
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John Clerici
Position: Fundraiser
Clients: Sanofi, EMD, DOR bio, Acambis, GMH
Biography: Clerici knows that winning is about meeting your challengers head on. That is why, when running for the Virginia House of Delegates in 2001, he offered to bankroll a future state Senate race for primary opponent David Warrington if he dropped out of the race. Clerici may have lost the primary, but K Street won a champion for special interests. [source]
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James Courter
Position: National Finance Committee Co-Chairman
Clients: Lockheed Martin, PhRMA, NBC, SBC, Verizon
Biography: When it comes to serving clients, this former Bush Pioneer isn’t one to shy away from threats to his safety or that of the U.S. national interest. Both were put at risk when he brokered oil and food sales between Saddam Hussein’s Iraq and Kim Jong Il’s North Korea. [source]
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David Crane
Position: Senior Policy Adviser
Clients: Bank of America, State Farm Insurance, Bell South, Bio Marin Pharmaceutical, BioPure Corp., Cox Communications, Delta, Microsoft
Biography: Sometimes confused with his near-namesake, stunt-magician David Blaine, for his public/private revolving-door act, David Crane has after stints at three lobbying firms landed squarely by the side of John McCain. [source]
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Doug Davenport
Position: Regional Campaign Manager,Fundraiser
Clients: ATT, GM, Goldman Sachs, Intel, Lockheed Martin, Mortgage Insurance Companies of America, Verizon, Visa
Biography: Stay tuned. [source]
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Rick Davis
Position: Campaign Manager
Clients: Bell South, GTech, SBC Telecommunications, Verizon
Biography: Rick Davis believes everyone should have a job in Germany. In 2003 he lobbied Congress to accept a plan by his client, German-owned DHL, to buy a Wilmington, Ohio shipping facility. Together with John McCain, they fought off legislative roadblocks to the deal. Now DHL is cutting 8,200 Ohio jobs. Davis’ fee: a modest $600,000. [source]
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Melissa Edwards
Position: Women for McCain Steering Committee,Fundraiser
Clients: Assoc. of Corporate Credit Unions, BellSouth, Cox Communications, Delta Airlines, Bangladesh, Panama, Microsoft, National Automobile Dealers Assoc.
Biography: In spite of her girlish, punch-bowl-at-the-debutante-ball nickname, Melissa "Missy" Edwards, is no stranger to hard-driving inside-the-beltway influence peddling, managing to juggle her triple roles as Fortune-500 lobbyist, GOP fundraiser, and McCain pitchwoman. [source]
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Kevin Fay
Position: Fundraiser
Clients: 3M Corporation
Biography: As the president of Alcade & Fay, Kevin knows the value of a good investment. On one occasion, Fay’s firm mailed the chairman of the Fairfax, Virginia, Board of Supervisors a $5,000 campaign contribution just before the county awarded them a $10,000-a-month contract. You can expect more of these quick investment turn-arounds with a McCain administration. [source]
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Christian Ferry
Position: Deputy Campaign Manager
Clients: SBC Telecommunications, Union Pacific, Verizon
Biography: With a winning Beltway career that spans almost two decades, Ferry knows how to be a team player. As when he teamed up with fellow-lobbyist and now boss, McCain campaign manager Rick Davis, on behalf of their German client Deutsche Post to purchase DHL and Airborne in 2002 and 2003. A deal that earned them $465,00 and is now resulting in the loss of 8,200 Ohio jobs as DHL shuts down the Wilmington Ohio shipping facility it acquired. [source]
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Laurence Gay
Position: McCain Fundraiser - Bundler
Clients: Foxwoods Casino, MCI, Xavier Chemical Company, American Stock Exchange, GTECH
Biography: This career lobbyist has ‘results’ on speed-dial. Like in 1992, when he often won his clients large government contracts from the Department of Housing and Urban Development simply by calling former HUD Housing Commissioner Thomas Demery at home. [source]
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Sam Geduldig
Position: McCain Fundraiser
Clients: ATT, Ernst and Young, Fidelity Investments, Prudential, Qwest, Verizon
Biography: Samuel Geduldig is no post-partisan lap-dog. He takes a youre either with us or against us approach to lobbying. When the Investment Company Institute had the bad sense to hire a Democrat as its chief lobbyist, Geduldig had the Congressional office of Michael Oxley (R-OH) launch a retaliatory investigation into their industry [source]
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David Girard di Carlo
Position: McCain Fundraiser
Clients: Raytheon, Boeing, BearingPoint, American Financial Group
Biography: "I\'m not a rule maker, I\'m a game player," Girard-diCarlo once famously quipped. One of McCain’s top bundlers ($500,000) and long-time K Street resident, we are fortunate that he plans on passing on his fundraising savvy to the next generation; "I was fortunate enough to be tutored by others, and I think it\'s incumbent on me to do the same thing," [source]
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Juleanna Glover Weiss
Position: McCain Fundraiser, Women for McCain Steering Committee
Clients: PhRMA, Eli Lilly, Aventis Pharmaceuticals, ATT, Israel Aircraft Industries, eBay, Adelphia, AT&T, Price Waterhouse Cooper, Coors Brewing Company, Freddie Mac
Biography: Weiss’s powerful resume shows campaign stints with Dan Quayle, Steve Forbes, Rudy Giuliani and Dick Cheney. She is part of a family of lobbyists that includes her former husband and brother-in-law Michael Petruzzello, the chief executive for Qorvis, the Saudi Government’s go-to public relations firm when they need to soften up their image after another public stoning gone awry. [source]
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Phil Gramm
Position: McCain\'s Economic Advisor, McCain Bundler
Clients: UBS Warburg
Biography: Although Gramm had to resign his formal campaign advisor role when he courageously called the parasites who complain about our amazing economy a "nation of whiners" suffering from "mental depression," he will continue to offer sage counsel on economic policy. [source]
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John Green
Position: McCain\'s Congressional Liaison, Fundraiser
Clients: Philip Morris, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company, Amerada-Hess, Chevron Texaco, ATT, Bell South, Motorola, Time Warner, U.S. Telecom Association, Verizon, EADS, Pfizer, CitiGroup, NRA
Biography: A seasoned DC lobbyist, John Green puts the pro back in quid pro quo. Currently under scrutiny after it was revealed that McCain had rejiggered the DODs $34 billion in-flight refueling tanker contract in favor of Greens client EADS/Airbus. [source]
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Richard Hohlt
Position: McCain Fundraiser
Clients: Chevron, Nuclear Energy Institute, Student Loan Marketing Assc, Time Warner, Bristol Myers Squibb, JP Morgan Chase, SBC Communications
Biography: A lifelong loyal advocate for the Savings & Loan industry, was instrumental in passing legislation in 1982 that freed controls on the industry, and then later in the decade, resisting new regulations aimed at stemming the unprecedented dynamism he had helped unleash. Greatest career accomplishment: being banned from Treasury offices. "I was tired of them coming into the building and lying to everyone," Treasury Undersecretary George Gould said at the time. [source]
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Vicki Iseman
Clients: CSC, Paxson Communications, CACI, BearingPoint, Telemundo, Univision, International Council of Cruise Lines
Biography: She\'s cute. She\'s "close" with McCain. She\'s nearly a body double for Cindy McCain. But this doesn\'t prevent Vicki Iseman from doing her job. Specifically, getting the Senator to write several letters to the FEC asking for swift consideration of a television deal for her client Paxson Communications. [source]
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Aleix Jarvis
Position: McCain Fundraiser
Clients: EADS, MCI, Sprint Nextel, Time Warner, Viacom, Fannie Mae, National Cable and Telecom Association
Biography: With clients that include wholesome trade groups like the American Gaming Association, mom and pop operations like telecom giant SBC Communications and patriotic employers like the European Aeronautic Defense & Space Company, Jarvis an be trusted to always be looking out for the best interests of ordinary Americans. [source]
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Steve Kuykendall
Position: McCain Fundraiser
Clients: SMI, Techfinity, Cercom
Biography: As a California state assemblyman, Kuykendall helped deregulate the state’s energy policy, enabling Enron and other new, innovative business models to flourish. A tireless fighter for budding industries like defense and aerospace, he is an ardent McCain supporter known to loathe wasteful spending that doesn’t come to his own district. [source]
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William Lesher
Position: McCain Fundraiser
Clients: Phillip Morris, Kraft Foods, Pepsico
Biography: The expertise Lesher earned as a staffer for the Senate Agriculture Committee makes him the perfect lobbyist for struggling American farmers like Philip Morris and Monsanto. [source]
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Tom Loeffler
Position: McCain\'s National Campaign Co-Chair,Fundraiser
Clients: ATT, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Saudi Arabia, Capital One Financial, Motorola, PhRMA, Toyota
Biography: As a major Bush bundler in 2000 & 2004, and with a $7.9 million fee from the Saudi government in 2006, Loefflers persuasive powers are legion. Sadly, theyre underappreciated by a rabid press corps who forced Loeffler to resign from the McCain campaign after revelations that McCain had rejiggered the Pentagons $34 billion in-flight refueling tanker contract in favor of Loefflers foreign client EADS/Airbus. [source]
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Peter Madigan
Position: McCain Fundraiser
Clients: Alliance of Auto Manufacturers, Philip Morris, Arthur Andersen, Bank of New York, Bell South, Charles Schwab, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Microsoft, Shell Oil, U.S. Telecom Association, Verizon
Biography: One of several lobbyists on the McCain campaign intimately trusted by rulers of the oil-rich Gulf States, Madigan earned $800,000 from Dubai’s Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum for his efforts to “properly characterize” reports about enslaved child camel jockeys. Locally, Madigan enjoys working for less controversial clients, such as his heroic efforts to prevent limits on the fees credit card companies charge merchants per transaction. [source]
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Paul Manafort
Clients: Phillipines\' Ferdinand Marcos, Zaire\'s Mobutu Sese Seko, Somalia\'s Mohamed Siad Barre, Angolan rebel Jonas Savimbi, Bell South, GTech, SBC Telecommunications, Verizon
Biography: Manafort is best known for outing the phrase "influence peddling", which he used during his 1989 congressional testimony to describe his role in the HUD scandal. More recently, Manafort’s firm has arranged meetings between McCain and Oleg Deripaska, the Russian aluminum magnate with ties to organized crime, smuggled caviar, and the world’s largest black market for Levis 501 blue jeans. [source]
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Tim McKone
Position: McCain Fundraiser
Clients: ATT, ComSat Corp., SBC Telecommunications
Biography: When not going to the mat as AT&T\'s chief lobbyist, Tim McKone can be found hosting his annual Caribbean sailing vacation where clients and legislators can mingle, share their pork-barrel dreams and enjoy cocktails under the pleasing glow of tropical stars and PowerPoint presentations. [source]
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Alison McSlarrow
Position: McCain Fundraiser, Women for McCain Steering Committee
Clients: Microsoft, American Trucking Association, Fannie Mae, Hartford, Nextel, Northwest Airlines
Biography: Former deputy chief of staff to Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS), she stood up for every Americans God-given right to borrow more than they can afford when she lobbied to help lender Fannie Mae successfully resist further regulation. [source]
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Kyle McSlarrow
Position: McCain Fundraiser
Clients: National Cable and Telecom Association
Biography: This legendary bundler has a long, storied career as one of Washingtons top insiders. As the current CEO of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, he is on the front lines of the cable industry\'s noble campaign to raise a la carte cable pricing, stop indecency regulations, and kill net neutrality. [source]
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Jack Oliver
Position: McCain Fundraiser
Clients: Earnst and Young, Northwest Airlines, Shell Oil, Union Pacific, Verizon, Anheuser Busch
Biography: Connections are everything in Washington, and whether he is bundling for George Bush, drinking martinis with Rush Limbaugh and Karl Rove, or selling ambassadorships for Jack Abramoff, Jack Oliver is better connected than most. [source]
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Steven Phillips
Position: McCain Fundraiser
Clients: Amazon.com, BellSouth, BP America, General Motors, Lockheed Martin, Merrill Lynch, Staples, Time Warner
Biography: This lobbying workhorse for change was the legislative director and counsel for Sen. Jesse Helms (R-NC) and member of the Bush-Cheney transition team. With a focus on the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas Initiative he’s looking out for the jobs of every American that would rather work in Mexico. [source]
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James Pitts
Position: McCain Fundraiser
Clients: American Council of Life Insurers, ATT, Bell South, Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers,
Biography: Named as one of Washington’s “top associate lobbyists” for his Herculean fight against consumer privacy regulations, Pitt celebrated the award with a small sample of his famous candor. "I am a poster child for [the idea that] Washington is based upon relationships and who you know." A long-time admirer of McCain, Pitts says of his choice for President, “he cares about what you bring the client in for. He always asks, \'what can I do.\'”* * Anna Palmer, "McCain Defies Business, Attracts Lobbyists," Roll Call, February 5, 2008. [source]
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Tim Powers
Position: McCain Fundraiser
Clients: Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Motorola, Caspian Energy Alliance
Biography: With a proud biography that includes founding the K Street Crowd, “an informal network of Republican government affairs professionals that provides a critical link between the GOP leadership, party committees and the downtown community,” * Powers knows the value of good connections. His recent bragging rights among the Crowd include estimates that he won his clients $5 in federal funding for every dollar spent on his fees. That’s an ROI we can believe in. *"Artemis Strategies, LLC Opens for Business," Artemis press release, February 13, 2003. [source]
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Matt Salmon
Position: McCain Fundraiser
Clients: ArmorWorks El Paso Pipeline Group,Dillion Aero (gun-maker)
Biography: In spite of accusations and his unfortunate last name, there was nothing fishy about Salmon when he failed to properly register as a federal lobbyist during a 2002 run for governor of Arizona. Even though his "consulting" at the time turned out to be lobbying for city contracts, Salmon has since valiantly fought to repair his reputation with an unsuccessful lawsuit to overturn the Clean Elections Act.* * Paul Davenport, "Judge Won\'t Block Matching Funds for Candidates," The Associated Press, July 8, 2004. [source]
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Randy Scheunemann
Position: McCain\'s Defense and Foreign Policy Coordinator
Clients: BP Amoco, Lockheed Martin, NRA
Biography: As chief lobbyist for the government of Georgia, Scheunemann has shown an unusual talent for starting wars that could be of great value in a future McCain administration. As founder of the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, he worked tirelessly for the rights of every Iraqi, closing shop shortly after the war began in 2003. [source]
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Don Sundquist
Position: McCain\'s State Co-Chair, Tennessee
Clients: Hartford, Scotts Company, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco
Biography: A true public rags to private riches success story, the former Tennessee congressman and governor made a splash on K Street when, soon after leaving office, he appointed 13 lobbyists to state boards and commissions. [source]
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