COP on the Hill: Stories from the week of February 14, 2020

COP on the Hill

Stories from the week of February 14, 2020

New Hampshire Part Two: The highlight was a solid chat with Mark McKinnon of the Showtime special ‘The Circus’ at a Mayor Pete event. It snowed a total of 3 days which was not fun and was nasty cold the entire stay. On voting day, the CNN team was not at the café like 4 years ago which was unfortunate and the new venue was private. So, I went over the coffee shop at the Hilton where all the reporters were staying. I was able to have brief chats with 3 reporters that I knew had been on TV, along with a guy running for Congress. The guy next to me was so impressed with my mission, he bought my lunch.

At noon, I crawled into my car and headed south. Though 2020 was not as successful media-wise as 2016, I still give myself and Don a B Plus. A chunk of what we do is just good or bad timing/luck. My chat with the NYT did generate a published quote a few days later.

This week’s stats:

324 personal chats with a Member of Congress… Congresswoman Gabbard (D-HI) 01 this week:
395 chats with other elected officials, state reps, senators, VIPs, etc.: A Republican running for Congress in NH.
106 Appearances/Interviews on major TV/Radio/Print media. 01 This week Time magazine, 01 Canada Broadcasting Company
85 Radio Interviews… 01 this week
197 interviews and reports in minor media = 17 this week
Presidential Rallies in NH: 09 this week

COP stats since inception: August 2009

44 published interviews/foto in major (daily) newspapers or magazine… 0 this week
3330 Presentations to Congressional staffers… this week
Blaze TV {new, popular right-wing}, (Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision, BBC, CNN, NPR, German, Swiss, French, Spanish TV and radio) Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, Grand Rapids Press + 9 other MI papers. Chicago Tribute, Honolulu Star Advertiser {foto and caption}, Reason Magazine, Reuters
31 major conferences attended – (UN drug conference, CPAC, LULAC, NRA, CBC, ASA, DPA, Dem & Repub. Presidential conventions., National Review, Republican Annual Retreat etc.) 0 this week
Weekly attendance at Grover Norquist’s Wednesday brunch attended by 150 conservative leaders. Named the “Grand Central Station of the Conservative Movement.”
* 2 editorials in daily papers mentioning Howard’s efforts & in support of COP position
84 published letters to the editor (value per MAPINC in free publicity: $83,000) 0 this week
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