COP on the Hill: Stories from the week of February 5, 2016
Posted February 12th, 2016 by hiwayhowie
Stories from the week of February 5, 2016
New Hampshire
First rally – Clinton = excellent foto on page 16A of the New York Times the next day
John Heilmann (NY magazine, MSNBC)..read shirt & ‘just make sure you get that done.’
At Kasich event – talk to two national (Fox, MSNBC) reporters…both well acquainted with LEAP
At Sanders – printed article & foto of major media in Vermont
At Christie – 3 media (one was the Die Welt = the New York Times of Germany ) + BBC
Christie read the shirt & said into the microphone :’I am not going to ask why!’
At Bush rally – Walking in, Jeb read the shirt as I shook his hand. Later I met with him one on one and asked if he could take a 10th Amendment approach…”I can do that.” He replied. Also spoke to Senator Graham (R-SC) and Tom Ridge (first director of Homeland Security)
Overview: This project was conceived and executed by my colleague, Don Murphy – federal lobbyist for MPP. From airport to first rally at 10 AM the next six days were beyond frenetic. 18 hour days all. Halfway thru of course I caught a cold. Luckily my voice gave out as I was boarding the plane home.
The stats of media contact are a solid guess (a floor not a ceiling), meaning I was writing down as fast as possible the contact at the end of the interview. However, several times they went back to back to back, once 6 in a row = no chance to perfectly accurate.
Don did the daily plan ( 4 rallies per day ) & was my navigator…despite two snow days, we kept to that pace. Speaking as an American, the entire experience was uplifting. I had three, one minute chats with Jeb Bush….just amazing. Democracy in action. Wow!!
My deepest thanks to Don Murphy, political operative extraordinaire…for putting this project together.
This week’s stats:
2149 Presentations to Congressional staffers.. 14 this week
119 personal chats with a Member of Congress.. 05 this week (Perlmutter, Gwen Graham, Ruben Gallego, Mullin, Senator Graham)
101 interviews and reports in minor media = 09 this week.
45 Appearances on major TV/Radio/Print media..this week (Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision, BBC, CNN, NPR)…07 this week (BBC, NPR, Wash Post (2), NY Times, Die Welt, Boston Globe)
166 chats with other elected officials, state reps, senators, VIPs, etc. 06 this week –
40 published interviews/foto in major (daily) newspapers or magazine… 01 this week
COP stats since inception: August 2009
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.”
* Consider being a member of COP at $30.00 or more per year. All contributions are tax-deductible. 30 dollars buys all the copy paper COP uses in one year. Law Enforcement’s voice in opposition to current policy is vital on the Hill to achieve a repeal of federal prohibition. COP provides that voice. www.citizensopposingprohibition.org
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