The presentation explains the Republican fundraising in simple terms.
"What can you sell when you do not have the White House, the House, or the Senate...?" it asks.
The answer: "Save the country from trending toward Socialism!”
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The most unusual section of the presentation is a set of six slides headed “RNC Marketing 101.” The presentation divides fundraising into two traditional categories, direct marketing and major donors, and lays out the details of how to approach each group.
The small donors who are the targets of direct marketing are described under the heading “Visceral Giving.” Their motivations are listed as “fear;” “Extreme negative feelings toward existing Administration;” and “Reactionary.”
Major donors, by contrast, are treated in a column headed “Calculated Giving.”
Their motivations include: “Peer to Peer Pressure”; “access”; and “Ego-Driven.”
Opening Remarks:
Hi, I’m Gina Cooper, the Political Outsider.
This week I want to talk about CPAC and the Tea Party movement, the progressive “un-conference, Roots camp, and compare issues addressed at each of these conferences last weekend.
I will wrap up with what this comparison reveals as the real challenge to the Tea Party movement.
Do you know why COBRA, the law that lets people keep their health insurance when they leave their jobs, is called COBRA?
"The correct name is continuation benefits. And the only reason it's called COBRA is because it was contained in the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985; and that is how we came up with the name COBRA,"
According to NPR health care reform via the reconciliation process has a deep history, going back to 1882. Here's a list of health care reform legislation passed via reconciliation:
I've do a weekly radio segment on WDIS-am Business Talk Radio. My show is called "The Political Outsider" and is streamed online every Tuesday starting at 1:38 Pacific time, at least that's when they call me. Sometimes it starts a little later. WDIS broadcasts throughout the north-east US, from Rhode Island to Maine, including Boston, MA.
In this segment I talk about the Department of Justices Open Government Initiative. Then Patrick, Chuck and I talk about government transparency and modernizing government institutions.
During the monologue, the audio is a little week, but it gets better for the discussion segment. Here's a link to my opening remarks for your reading pleasure :p
Sure, the ad calls them hypocrites, but I think they are worse. They are Welfare Queen Republicans, obstructionists unwilling to contribute to society, unwilling to make things better, but happily sucking the teat of the system.
So, I've started doing a weekly radio segment on WDIS-am Business Talk Radio. WDIS broadcasts throughout the north-east US, from Rhode Island to Maine, including Boston, MA. My show is called "The Political Outsider" and is streamed online every Tuesday starting at 1:38 Pacific time, at least that's when they call me. Sometimes it starts a little later.
The challenges of change are always hard. It is important that we begin to unpack those challenges that confront this nation and realize that we each have a role that requires us to change and become more responsible for shaping our own future. -Hillary Clinton
