COP on the Hill: Stories from the week of February 12, 2016
Posted February 19th, 2016 by hiwayhowie
https://vtdigger.org/2016/02/07/sanders-finds-feverish-support-in-snowy-new-hampshire/ = foto & quotes near end
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-MDwu-BnUos
can’t miss me in the frame…I was always trying to position myself for the cameras.
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Stories from the week of February 12, 2016
Flying home from New Hampshire: TSA agent, “Hey, I saw you on TV.”
Jake Tapper (CNN reporter) at Fiorina event Tweeted out the shirt
Rubio event – interviews in all four languages..Spanish newspaper, German TV, French Canadian reporter…good practice for Vienna next month
Product Placement (shirt) on CNN on Tuesday.
24 interviews at the Rubio Super Bowl Party…?Have you seen my brain? It is around here somewhere….. As I was leaving, a German TV crew arrived and I did one more interview ‘for the road.’ Completely crazy and exhausting..used all languages again
Don Murphy: Focused heavily on meeting the candidates which resulted in solid chats with all the R candidates, except Trump and Carson (who was not there). Kasich said he would not interfere with Colorado. Walking with Fiorina, their foto together went national, when she dropped out the next day.
Don insisted we stay in the Presidential Suite of the Motel 6….so we paid the extra bucks for that. The champagne on ice at the end of a long day was a nice touch.
Good Morning: Gov. Christie walked over to our table at the café, where he was about to appear on CNN. We had a most excellent chat. He said he would check with medical experts about his MJ beliefs. The night before he allowed me to ask my question. What a way to end the week.
It was a week of weeks. 3 chats with Christie & Bush, two with Cruz, one with Kasich. 55 or so media interviews = I am headed to South Carolina tomorrow for a week…the eyes of the nation & world are there.
This week’s stats:
120 personal chats with a Member of Congress.. 01 this week ( Lance (R-NJ)
124 interviews and reports in minor media = 23 this week.
60 Appearances/Interviews on major TV/Radio/Print media..this week (Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision, BBC, CNN, NPR)…15 this week
166 chats with other elected officials, state reps, senators, VIPs, etc. 06 this week –
41 published interviews/foto in major (daily) newspapers or magazine… 01 this week
Meetings/Hearings: 24 this week (lumping all the rallies into this week + Grover meeting)
COP stats since inception: August 2009
2149 Presentations to Congressional staffers.. this week
23 major conferences attended – (United Nations drug conf, CPAC, LULAC, NRA, CBC, ASA, DPA, Dem & Repub. Presidential conventions., National Review, etc) this week
60 Radio Interviews.. 0 this week
82 published letters to the editor (value per MAPINC in free publicity: $80,000).. 0 this week
* 2 editorials in daily papers mentioning Howard’s efforts & in support of COP position
Weekly attendance at Grover Norquist’s Wednesday brunch attended by 150 conservative leaders. Named the “Grand Central Station of the Conservative Movement.”
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