Bush-Cheney '04 Inc.

Bush-Cheney '04 Inc., the Republican slate of George Walker Bush and Richard Cheney for the 2004 Presidential Election, has reportedly registered with the FEC. They are banking at First Union National Bank.

Officers

 * David Herndon (Austin, TX), Treasurer.
 * Sal Purpuro (Arlington, VA), Assistant Treasurer.
 * Mercer Reynolds, Finance Chairman.
 * Jack Oliver, Deputy Finance Chairman.
 * Kenneth B. Mehlman, Campaign Manager.

"Shortly after the 2000 campaign began on 3/8/99, the first $5,000 PAC check came in from Union Pacific Resources PAC on 3/12/99, and the first candidate committee $1,000 check came from "Mac Thornberry for Congress" (R-TX) on 3/11/99. The first individual donor was Karl C. Rove (Austin, TX) on 3/4/99. In the first month the campaign had raised $4.7 million from individuals."

Bush2004 Grassroots Campaign (unofficial) started in March 2002 at: http://W-04.com. More than 75,000 Bush2004 lapel stickers were distributed free of charge.

"News reports have not yet mentioned a role for Tony Feather, former political director of Bush-Cheney 2000. Feather has been running Progress for America, a group that promotes the Bush agenda, including tax cuts, judicial appointments and free trade. For example, in February they phoned people in Florida and asked them to call Sen. Bill Nelson and Bob Graham and urge them to vote for Miguel Estrada, who was nominated for the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. Progress for America has not publicly disclosed its budget or donors, but news reports indicated it had raised millions from previous soft money donors." 

Campaign News
"President Bush named a corporate lawyer and a lobbyist as the public face of his political organization yesterday, making Marc F. Racicot chairman of his reelection campaign and Edward W. Gillespie chairman of the Republican National Committee.

"Both served Bush in the last campaign and through the Florida recount, and parlayed that experience into close relationships with senior White House aides."

June 17, 2003: from "Bush Picks Campaign Chief, RNC Chairman" in The Washington Times.

December 31, 2003: In the mode of MoveOn.org, the Bush-Cheney '04 Inc. georgewbush.com web site now sports an "Action Center" for supporters to use an online form to "Write News Editors." The web page also supplies the writer with suggested "Talking Points" and "Writing Tips".

Examples of letters that have been submitted to local newspapers are linked to Devastated by Wild Pres at wampum.wakanaki.net, (December 29, 2003).

March 15, 2004: In the current edition of The Weekly Standard, Fred Barnes and William Kristol write about "The Dukakis Trap" in which they both ask the question "Why isn't George W. Bush's message getting out?" ... and provide the answer: "The truth is the White House isn't trying very hard." 

Communications and Advertising
Re-election campaign communications team is headed by Terry Holt, whose title is director of communications. Scott Stanzel is the campaign press secretary. According to PR Week, the campaign also has network of "five regional spokesmen, all based at campaign headquarters in Northern Virginia, who handle media inquiries; a rapid-response team charged with countering negative attacks; and a 'surrogate' team that finds guests to appear on the President's behalf on television shows, radio programs, and internet chats.

The campaign's advertising team is Maverick Media, the same firm for the 2000 Bush/Cheney campaign. Maverick's personnel include Mark McKinnon, Matthew Dowd, Stuart Stevens, Russ Schriefer, Harold Kaplan, Vada Hill, Alex Castellanos, Chris Mattola, Frank Guerra, Fred Davis, Scott Howell, Lionel and Kathy Sosa, Sara Taylor, Mike Shannon, and Ashley O'Connor.

Campaign Consultants
According to the October/ November 2004 issue of Campaigns & Elections, the Bush campaign consultants included:
 * Maverick Media: ads
 * Praxis Lists: voter files, ID
 * Olsen & Shuvalov: mail
 * MDS Communications Corporations: telephones
 * Feather Larson & Synhorst: telephones
 * FYI Messaging: direct mail
 * EYT: Web services
 * New Media Communications: Web services
 * Voter/Consumer Research, Inc.: research
 * Patton Boggs LLP: legal
 * Aristotle: voter files, ID
 * Pericles Consulting: Web services
 * Appdefense, Inc.: Web services
 * Stage One Productions: financial consulting
 * Cathey Blaney & Associates: financial consulting
 * American Viewpoint: survey research
 * Market Strategies: survey research
 * Clear One communications: telephones
 * Tarrance Group: survey research
 * The Woods Herberger Group: financial consulting
 * Nixon Peabody LLP: legal
 * Smarttech Corporation: Web services

Contact
P.O. Box 10648 Arlington, VA 22210 URL: www.georgebush.com

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 * Bush administration approval ratings (or 'non-approval' as the case may be ;-}
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 * Bush's Rangers
 * Bush's White House Staff
 * compassionate conservatism
 * John Forbes Kerry: U.S. Presidential Campaign 2004
 * lobbying firms
 * Halliburton Company
 * Jim Wilkinson
 * photographic manipulation
 * political microtargeting
 * pre-emptive campaign strategy
 * Progress for America
 * Republican National Convention
 * soft money
 * TargetPoint Consulting, Inc.
 * Terry Holt
 * U.S. presidential election, 2004
 * U.S. presidential election, 2004: Campaign Ads
 * U.S. presidential election, 2004: Republican Campaign Ads
 * U.S. presidential election, 2004: Campaign Quotes
 * Vance International