Workforce Fairness Institute

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<b>Former “dark money” giant <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/detail.php?cycle=2012&cmte=Americans%20for%20Job%20Security">Americans for Job Security</a>

has walked out from the shadows, disclosing its donors last week

following years of complaints and lawsuits filed by ethics watchdogs</b>.</font></p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">

Between 2010 and 2012, the group raked in at least $65 million from

billionaires, corporations and nebulous groups that don’t disclose their

own sources of funding, <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6523739-201910240300300335.html">recent filings show</a>. Many of the group’s top donors have now lined up behind President <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/2020-presidential-race/candidate?id=N00023864">Donald Trump</a>, cutting big checks to his reelection bid. 

The now-defunct conservative group was largely active in the 2012 election cycle, spending <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/recips.php?cmte=Americans+for+Job+Security&cycle=2012">$15.2 million</a> on political ads attacking then-Democratic President <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/candidate.php?id=N00009638">Barack Obama</a> during his reelection bid. The group also spent almost <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/detail.php?cycle=2010&cmte=Americans+for+Job+Security">$5 million</a> on independent expenditures in the 2010 cycle targeting Democrats and promoting Republicans in congressional races. 

Between late 2011 and 2012, the group gave out <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2013/10/americans-for-job-security-a/">$26.3 million</a> in grants, most of which went to the <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/nonprof_contrib.php?id=264683543">Center to Protect Patient Rights</a>, another dark money group <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2012/12/center-to-protect-patient-rights-ga/">with close ties to the Koch brothers</a>.

Americans for Job Security’s political activities triggered a <a href="https://www.citizensforethics.org/legal-filing/irs-federal-election-commission-complaints-vs-americans-for-job-security/">2012 complaint</a>

by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a

left-leaning watchdog group, alleging that the conservative business

league acted — yet failed to register — as a political committee. The

recent disclosure was prompted by <a href="https://www.citizensforethics.org/press-release/crew-exposes-dark-money-donors-including-thiel-devos-and-adelson/">several lawsuits</a> the ethics group filed against the Federal Election Commission over the years and a <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/storage.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/18205844/MUR-6538R-Closing-Letter-to-Complainant-1.pdf">September agreement</a> requiring the dark money group to register as a political committee and reveal its donors.

“This is a major victory for transparency and the rule of law,” said

Noah Bookbinder, executive director of the watchdog group, in a <a href="https://www.citizensforethics.org/press-release/crew-exposes-dark-money-donors-including-thiel-devos-and-adelson/">press release</a>. “This is the first major release of dark money sources in the post-<em>Citizens United</em> era, a rare and long overdue victory in the fight against the illegal use of dark money in politics.”

Among the group’s biggest donors are billionaires with a history of bankrolling conservative causes, records show.</font><div class="scroll-table"><div id="tablepress-159_wrapper" class="dataTables_wrapper no-footer">

<table id="tablepress-159" class="tablepress tablepress-id-159 dataTable no-footer" role="grid" aria-describedby="tablepress-159_info"><thead><tr class="row-1 odd" role="row"><th class="column-1 sorting" tabindex="0" aria-controls="tablepress-159" rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="width: 481px;" aria-label="Donor(s): activate to sort column ascending"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Donor(s)</font></th><th class="column-2 sorting" tabindex="0" aria-controls="tablepress-159" rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="width: 223px;" aria-label="Total Given (2010-2012): activate to sort column ascending"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Total Given (2010-2012)</font></th></tr></thead><tbody class="row-hover"><tr class="row-2 even" role="row"><td class="column-1"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Charles Schwab</font></td><td class="column-2"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$8,800,000</font></td></tr><tr class="row-3 odd" role="row"><td class="column-1"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">John J. Fisher</font></td><td class="column-2"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$5,000,000</font></td></tr><tr class="row-4 even" role="row"><td class="column-1"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Center to Protect Patient Rights</font></td><td class="column-2"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$4,645,000</font></td></tr><tr class="row-5 odd" role="row"><td class="column-1"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Hensel Phelps Construction</font></td><td class="column-2"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$2,930,000</font></td></tr><tr class="row-6 even" role="row"><td class="column-1"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">William Fisher</font></td><td class="column-2"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$2,000,000</font></td></tr><tr class="row-7 odd" role="row"><td class="column-1"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Rosebush Corp</font></td><td class="column-2"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$2,000,000</font></td></tr><tr class="row-8 even" role="row"><td class="column-1"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Richard & Helen Devos</font></td><td class="column-2"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$2,000,000</font></td></tr><tr class="row-9 odd" role="row"><td class="column-1"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Doris Fisher</font></td><td class="column-2"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$2,000,000</font></td></tr><tr class="row-10 even" role="row"><td class="column-1"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies</font></td><td class="column-2"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$2,000,000</font></td></tr><tr class="row-11 odd" role="row"><td class="column-1"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Workforce Fairness Institute</font></td><td class="column-2"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">$1,500,000</font></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="dataTables_info" id="tablepress-159_info" role="status" aria-live="polite"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Showing 1 to 10 of 172 entries</font></div></div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"> 

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</strong></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><strong>John Fisher</strong>, owner of the Oakland Athletics and son of

Gap Inc. founders Donald and Doris Fisher, gave generously to the group,

shelling out $5 million between 2010 and 2012. His mother and his two

brothers, Robert and William Fisher, also combined to give the group

another $5 million, making the Fisher family the group’s biggest

donor.  

The California philanthropist mostly gave to <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=john+j+fisher&order=desc&page=1&sort=D">conservative causes</a>

in the past, doling out $416,400 to Republican candidates and parties

last cycle. Spreading his fortune between the two major parties, Fisher

also gave $2,800 each this year to several Democratic presidential

hopefuls, including self-funded businessman <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/2020-presidential-race/candidate?id=N00033897">John Delaney</a> and Sens. <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/2020-presidential-race/candidate?id=N00035267">Cory Booker</a> (D-N.J.), <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/2020-presidential-race/candidate?id=N00036915">Kamala Harris</a> (D-Calif.) and <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/2020-presidential-race/candidate?id=N00030608">Michael Bennet</a> (D-Colo.). 

Paypal executive <strong>Peter Thiel</strong> gave the conservative group <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6523739-201910240300300335.html#document/p3/a532592">$500,000</a>. An outspoken Trump supporter and GOP donor, the venture capitalist gave a <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgave2.php?cmte=C00487470&cycle=2018">$1 million</a> check last year to <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00487470">Club for Growth Action</a>,

a conservative super PAC, and $100,000 to Trump’s inaugural committee

in 2017. He also gave a total of $500,000 to Trump’s joint fundraising

committee, <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/jfc/summary.php?id=C00618389">Trump Victory</a>.

Many of the group’s top donors between 2010 and 2012 are now Trump allies. 

Billionaire investor <strong>Charles Schwab</strong> delivered $8.8 million to the conservative group between 2010 and 2012. A longtime <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/overview/topindivs.php?view=om&cycle=2018">GOP donor</a>,

the brokerage firm chairman has given $9.4 million to conservative

outside spending groups from 2011 to 2019. Schwab became a staunch Trump

supporter in 2016, giving <a href="https://fortune.com/2017/04/20/donald-trump-inauguration-donors/">$1 million</a> to the president’s inaugural committee and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/09/19/rnc-taps-legal-account-to-help-pay-for-president-trumps-lawyers-in-russia-probes/">more than $100,000</a> to the <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/parties/totals.php?cycle=2018&cmte=RNC">Republican National Committee</a> legal fund, which helps pay for Trump’s legal bills. Schwab and his wife Helen each gave $1 million to the pro-Trump super PAC <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?cycle=2018&strID=C00574533">Future45</a> last year. 
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Casino mogul <strong>Sheldon Adelson</strong> and his wife <strong>Miriam</strong> also chipped in $250,000 to fuel the conservative group. Longtime Republican megadonors, the couple shelled out <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/donor_detail.php?cycle=2018&id=U0000000310&type=I&super=N&name=Adelson%2C+Sheldon+G.+%26+Miriam+O.">$122.3 million</a> to conservative political groups in 2018, including $10 million to pro-Trump super PAC <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00637512&cycle=2020">America First Action</a>. The couple doled out <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgave2.php?cycle=2016&cmte=C00574533">$20 million</a> in 2016 to Future45 and gave <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/trump/inauguration-donors">$5 million</a> to fund Trump’s inaugural festivities in 2017.

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Adelson’s support for the president earned him a seat at the dining

table at the White House with Trump, Jared Kushner and then-Secretary of

State Rex Tillerson in 2017, as well as closer access to Japanese Prime

Minister Shinzo Abe for his casino bid in Japan, <a href="https://features.propublica.org/trump-inc-podcast/sheldon-adelson-casino-magnate-trump-macau-and-japan/">ProPublica</a> reported. 

Real estate developer <strong>Geoffrey Palmer</strong>, who gave Americans for Job Security almost $2 million between 2010 and 2012, has given America First Action a total of <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/2020-presidential-race/contributors?cycle=2020&id=N00023864&src=b&type=f">$6 million</a> to support Trump since 2017. Palmer also gave $5 million to pro-Trump super PAC <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00618876">Rebuilding America Now</a> and $765,200 to Trump Victory.

The late <strong>Richard and Helen DeVos</strong>, in-laws of current Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, gave Americans for Job Security $2 million. The couple gave <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/donor_detail.php?cycle=2016&id=U0000000003&type=I&super=N&name=Devos%2C+Richard+Sr.+%26+Helen+J.">$2.8 million</a>

to conservative groups during the 2016 election cycle — right before

their daughter-in-law became Trump’s appointee — with the entire DeVos

family giving <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2016/12/betsy-devos-big-giving-relatives-family-qualifies-gop-royalty/">more than $10 million</a> throughout the cycle. 

Many other current and former Trump cabinet members are also among the group’s now disclosed donors. Secretary of the Treasury <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=79234">Steven Mnuchin</a>, who was previously an investment banker, <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6523739-201910240300300335.html#document/p5/a532589">gave $5,000</a> to the group in 2012. <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=81848">Linda McMahon</a>, formerly the head of the Small Business Administration under Trump, <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/29/linda-mcmahon-to-resign-as-head-of-small-business-administration-1243495">left the cabinet to chair America First Action</a> in May. McMahon and her husband Vince gave Americans for Job Security $10,000 in 2012. 

Americans for Job Security also attracted millions of dollars from corporations whose executives tend to give to Republicans. 

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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000034428&cycle=2016"><strong>Hensel Phelps Construction</strong></a>,

one of the biggest construction managing companies in the country,

coughed up $2.93 million to support the group. Since 1990, affiliates of

the Colorado-based firm have combined to give $914,458 to political

candidate campaigns, <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000034428&cycle=2016">94 percent</a> of which went to support Republicans. Jeffrey Wenaas, the CEO of Hensel Phelps, gave <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/donor-lookup/results?name=wenaas">exclusively to conservative causes</a> over the years.
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The dark money group also hauled in $3 million from oil and gas giant <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/totals.php?id=D000025483&cycle=2020"><strong>Devon Energy</strong></a>, whose PAC gave <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pac2pac.php?cmte=C00354753&cycle=2020">exclusively to conservative groups</a>

in the past. Texas-based Beal Bank also shelled out $1 million to fund

the conservative group between 2010 and 2012. Andrew Beal, founder of

Beal Bank, spent <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/02/pro-trump-super-pac-used-donor-money-to-fund-right-wing-conspiracy-campaign.html">more than $300,000</a> to fund a Facebook meme campaign to support Trump’s 2016 presidential bid, CNBC reported.

While Americans for Job Security disclosed its sources of revenue, many

of its donors are limited liability companies or tax-exempt

organizations whose sources of income remain hidden under federal law.

Some of those groups that donated to Americans for Job Security keep on

giving large sums to other similar organizations, making the money flow

among a network of conservative dark money groups virtually

untraceable.
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<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/political-nonprofits/summary?id=453199086"><strong>Rosebush Corp</strong></a>, a 501(c)(4) organization that was <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2015/01/in-the-garden-of-dark-money-the-thorny-case-of-rosebush-corp/">once denied tax-exempt status by the IRS</a>, gave a $2 million grant to Americans for Job Security in 2012, as first disclosed in <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1501359-rosebush-corp-2012.html">Rosebush’s tax filing</a>. In 2011, the 501(c)(4) also gave a <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2015/01/in-the-garden-of-dark-money-the-thorny-case-of-rosebush-corp/">$750,000 grant</a> to <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000060083"><strong>Americans for Limited Government</strong></a>, a dark money group led  by real estate developer Howard Rich, which <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2013/11/wellsprings-flow/">spent millions running ads against Democrats</a>. 

Like with the Center to Protect Patient Rights, money shuffled between

the Rich-linked group and Americans for Job Security. Rich’s group

received <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/802249-americans-for-job-security-2012.html">$10,000</a> from Americans for Job Security in 2011 and another <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6523739-201910240300300335.html">$100,000</a> from the group in 2012, two years after it gave the dark money giant $60,000, recent filings show.
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<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2019/05/an-influential-dark-money-group-turns-off-the-lights-for-the-last-time/"><strong>Wellspring Committee</strong></a>,

another dark money group residing on the web of conservative tax-exempt

organizations, gave Americans for Job Security $346,098 in 2010.

OpenSecrets previously reported that the committee <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2013/11/wellsprings-flow/">injected a total of nearly $3 million</a> into the conservative group from 2008 to 2010 and gave out grants worth more than $17 million from 2008 to 2011. The group <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2019/05/an-influential-dark-money-group-turns-off-the-lights-for-the-last-time/">officially shut down</a> in December 2018.  

Reporter Karl Evers-Hillstrom and researchers Anna Massoglia and Alex Baumgart contributed to the report.</font></div><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</p><p><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute" title="Workforce Fairness Institute">Workforce Fairness Institute</a>: A Washington, D.C.-based anti-union pressure group that gave $150,000 to Gingrich's organization this cycle. Its website says it is "funded by and advocates on behalf of business owners who enjoy good working relationships with their employees, and would like to maintain those good relationships without the unfair interference of government bureaucrats, union organizers and special interests." <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Mark_McKinnon" title="Mark McKinnon">Mark McKinnon</a>, longtime GOP operative and Bush aide, has been a spokesman for the institute.</p>

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<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute">http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute</a>

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<p>The <b>Workforce Fairness Institute</b> (WFI) describes itself as "an organization committed to educating voters, employers, employees and citizens about issues affecting the workplace." <sup id="cite_ref-About_0-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_note-About-0">[1]</a></sup>

WFI's website lists among its "allied groups" the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Coalition_for_a_Democratic_Workplace" title="Coalition for a Democratic Workplace">Coalition for a Democratic Workplace</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rick_Berman" title="Rick Berman">Rick Berman</a>'s <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Center_for_Union_Facts" title="Center for Union Facts">Center for Union Facts</a>, the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S._Chamber_of_Commerce" title="U.S. Chamber of Commerce">U.S. Chamber of Commerce</a> and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/National_Federation_of_Independent_Business" title="National Federation of Independent Business">National Federation of Independent Business</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_note-1">[2]</a></sup></p>

<h2>Contents</h2>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#On_the_Employee_Free_Choice_Act"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">On the Employee Free Choice Act</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#Funding"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Funding</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#Personnel"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Personnel</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#Contact_details"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Contact details</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#Articles_and_resources"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Articles and resources</span></a>

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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#Related_SourceWatch_articles"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Related SourceWatch articles</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#References"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#External_resources"><span class="tocnumber">5.3</span> <span class="toctext">External resources</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#External_articles"><span class="tocnumber">5.4</span> <span class="toctext">External articles</span></a></li>

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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="On_the_Employee_Free_Choice_Act">On the Employee Free Choice Act</span></h2>

<p>WFI claims that the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Employee_Free_Choice_Act" title="Employee Free Choice Act">Employee Free Choice Act</a> (EFCA) "does away with a bedrock in our democracy -- the secret ballot -- exposing workers to intimidation and coercion." <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_note-2">[3]</a></sup>

In November 2008, the <i>National Journal</i> reported that WFI "has been doing grassroots work in 16 states for about six months," in opposition to EFCA. "The institute, sources say, is looking to raise about $10 million and has the backing of several big retailers." <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_note-3">[4]</a></sup></p>

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WFI's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mark_McKinnon" title="Mark McKinnon">Mark McKinnon</a> said of EFCA, "This is a plan to take over American business and pose federal bureaucrats so they can arbitrate contracts, take away the secret ballot -- an American tradition, though it is sacred for us -- so that they can add 20 million people to the labor rolls in America, and jack up the cost of labor, of benefits, of salaries so that we'll be non -- we won't be competitive. We'll lose more jobs, and it will be an incredible burden on American business." <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_note-4">[5]</a></sup></p>

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After former Congresswoman <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Hilda_Solis" title="Hilda Solis">Hilda Solis</a> was confirmed as U.S. Labor Secretary, WFI's McKinnon commented, "What is particularly troubling is that Rep. Solis would stand by EFCA, even though ... EFCA is anti-democratic and not what workers and businesses need in these hard economic times." <sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_note-5">[6]</a></sup></p>

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McKinnon remarked on <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Glenn_Beck" title="Glenn Beck">Glenn Beck</a>'s FOX program, "Labor is just an antiquated notion anymore of global economy. It's all about competition. And all the labor does is it drives up the cost. Why do we have American carmakers that are going out of business and foreign carmakers in America that are doing well? ... It costs $1,600 more for car on average to buy an American car. So, in this economy or any economy -- why would anybody buy an American car?" <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_note-6">[7]</a></sup></p>

<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Funding">Funding</span></h2>

<p><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Neil_Golub&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Neil Golub (page does not exist)">Neil Golub</a>, CEO of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Golub_Corporation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Golub Corporation (page does not exist)">Golub Corporation</a>, "has raised millions of dollars from the industry for The Workforce Fairness Institute, one of the main coalitions working to defeat" EFCA, reported the <i>States News Service</i> in January 2009. <sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_note-7">[8]</a></sup> When asked by the <i>New York Times</i>, WFI's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mark_McKinnon" title="Mark McKinnon">Mark McKinnon</a> "would not say which companies are financing the institute, founded by several longtime Republican operatives." <sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_note-8">[9]</a></sup>

On its website WFI states that it "is funded by and advocates on behalf of business owners who enjoy good working relationships with their employees, and would like to maintain those good relationships without the unfair interference of government bureaucrats, union organizers and special interests." <sup id="cite_ref-About_0-1" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_note-About-0">[1]</a></sup></p>

<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Personnel">Personnel</span></h2>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Katie_Packer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Katie Packer (page does not exist)">Katie Packer</a> Executive Director <sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_note-9">[10]</a></sup></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mark_McKinnon" title="Mark McKinnon">Mark McKinnon</a> <sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_note-10">[11]</a></sup></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Barbara_Comstock" title="Barbara Comstock">Barbara Comstock</a> <sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_note-11">[12]</a></sup></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Danny_Diaz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Danny Diaz (page does not exist)">Danny Diaz</a></li>

</ul>

<p>The Workforce Fairness Institute "employs Former <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush" class="mw-redirect">Bush</a> ad man Mark McKinnon, former White House Political Director <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Sara_Taylor" title="Sara Taylor">Sara Taylor</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a> aides Barbara Comstock and Katie Packer, powerhouse conservative PR firm <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Creative_Response_Concepts" title="Creative Response Concepts">CRC</a>, GOP Web gurus <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Patrick_Ruffini&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Patrick Ruffini (page does not exist)">Patrick Ruffini</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mindy_Finn" title="Mindy Finn">Mindy Finn</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Patrick_Hynes" title="Patrick Hynes">Patrick Hynes</a> and former RNC Communications Director [Danny] Diaz," reported Politico.com. <sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_note-12">[13]</a></sup>

Barbara Comstock is a founding partner of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Corallo_Comstock&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Corallo Comstock (page does not exist)">Corallo Comstock</a> public relations and lobbying firm <sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_note-13">[14]</a></sup>, which counts the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=National_Association_of_Broadcasters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Association of Broadcasters (page does not exist)">National Association of Broadcasters</a> and -- until January 2009 -- the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Hearst_Corporation" title="Hearst Corporation">Hearst Corporation</a> among its clients. <sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_note-14">[15]</a></sup></p>

<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Contact_details">Contact details</span></h2>

<p>Email: info AT workforcefairness.com

Phone: 202-828-8397

Website: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.workforcefairness.com/">http://www.workforcefairness.com/</a></p>

<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Articles_and_resources">Articles and resources</span></h2>

<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Related_SourceWatch_articles">Related SourceWatch articles</span></h3>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Agriculture_for_a_Democratic_Workplace" title="Agriculture for a Democratic Workplace">Agriculture for a Democratic Workplace</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Alliance_to_Save_Main_Street_Jobs" title="Alliance to Save Main Street Jobs">Alliance to Save Main Street Jobs</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Center_for_Union_Facts" title="Center for Union Facts">Center for Union Facts</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Coalition_for_a_Democratic_Workplace" title="Coalition for a Democratic Workplace">Coalition for a Democratic Workplace</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Employee_Free_Choice_Act" title="Employee Free Choice Act">Employee Free Choice Act</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Employee_Freedom_Action_Committee" title="Employee Freedom Action Committee">Employee Freedom Action Committee</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Front_groups" title="Front groups">Front groups</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/National_Right_to_Work_Committee" title="National Right to Work Committee">National Right to Work Committee</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Rick_Berman" title="Rick Berman">Rick Berman</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S._Chamber_of_Commerce" title="U.S. Chamber of Commerce">U.S. Chamber of Commerce</a></li>

</ul>

<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span></h3>

<li id="cite_note-About-0">↑ <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_ref-About_0-0">1.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_ref-About_0-1">1.1</a></sup> <span class="reference-text">Workforce Fairness Institute, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.workforcefairness.com/about">"About Us"</a>, Workforce Fairness Institute website, accessed March 2008.</span></li>

<li id="cite_note-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_ref-1">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Workforce Fairness Institute, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.workforcefairness.com/about/partners">"About Us: Allied Group"</a>, Workforce Fairness Institute website, accessed March 2009.</span></li>

<li id="cite_note-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_ref-2">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Holly Rosenkrantz, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_11874678">"Union bills to go before lawmakers: Legislation making it easier to form a union will be introduced in the House and Senate"</a>, <i>Denver Post</i>, March 10, 2009.</span></li>

<li id="cite_note-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_ref-3">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Peter H. Stone, "Epic Battle Taking Shape Over 'Card Check'," <i>The National Journal</i>, November 22, 2008.</span></li>

<li id="cite_note-4"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_ref-4">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Mark McKinnon on "The <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Glenn_Beck" title="Glenn Beck">Glenn Beck</a> Program," <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Fox_News" title="Fox News">Fox News</a> Network, March 4, 2009.</span></li>

<li id="cite_note-5"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_ref-5">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Kasie Hunt, "Senate Confirms Solis, But Workplace Battles Just Beginning," <i>National Journal'</i>s CongressDaily, February 25, 2009.</span></li>

<li id="cite_note-6"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_ref-6">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Mark McKinnon on "The Glenn Beck Program," Fox News Network, February 18, 2009.</span></li>

<li id="cite_note-7"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_ref-7">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">"Food Marketing Institute Presents 2009 Glen P. Woodard, Jr., Public Affairs Award to Golub Corp. President and CEO Neil Golub," <i>States News Service</i>, January 12, 2009.</span></li>

<li id="cite_note-8"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_ref-8">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Steven Greenhouse, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/09/us/09labor.html">Bill Easing Unionizing Is Under Heavy Attack</a>," <i>New York Times</i>, January 8, 2009.</span></li>

<li id="cite_note-9"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_ref-9">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Kara Rowland, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/11/democrats-bill-eases-organizing-unions/">"Democrats' bill eases organizing unions"</a>, <i>Washington Times</i>, March 11, 2009.</span></li>

<li id="cite_note-10"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_ref-10">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200902190002?f=h_latest">"Beck falsely claimed average UAW worker makes $154 per hour"</a>, Media Matters of America<i>, February 19, 2009.</i></span></li>

<li id="cite_note-11"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_ref-11">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Pete Winn, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=43766">"Reich's Call for Unionization is 'a 1930s Solution to a 2009 Problem,’ Economists Say"</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/CNSNews.com" title="CNSNews.com" class="mw-redirect">CNSNews.com</a>, February 19, 2009.</span></li>

<li id="cite_note-12"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_ref-12">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Ben Smith, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19774.html">"Union bill creates jobs—for GOP ops"</a>, <i>Politico</i>, March 9, 2009.</span></li>

<li id="cite_note-13"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_ref-13">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Barbara Comstock, editorial: "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/27/big-labor-power-grab/">Big Labor Power Grab</a>," <i>Washington Times</i>, October 27, 2008.</span></li>

<li id="cite_note-14"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Workforce_Fairness_Institute#cite_ref-14">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lobbyists.info/detail.cfm?organization_id=34046&page=1&RequestTimeout=1500">Corallo Comstock</a>," Lobbyists.info (sub req'd), accessed March 2009.</span></li>

</ol>

<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="External_resources">External resources</span></h3>

<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="External_articles">External articles</span></h3>

<ul>

<li>Barbara Comstock, editorial: "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/27/big-labor-power-grab/">Big Labor Power Grab</a>," <i>Washington Times</i>, October 27, 2008.</li>

<li>Ben Smith, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19774.html">"Union bill creates jobs—for GOP ops"</a>, <i>Politico</i>, March 9, 2009.</li>

<li>Holly Rosenkrantz, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_11874678">"Union bills to go before lawmakers: Legislation making it easier to form a union will be introduced in the House and Senate"</a>, <i>Denver Post</i>, March 10, 2009. (This is a <i>Bloomberg</i> story).</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200903100024">"Fox News allowed Diaz to criticize EFCA without noting his affiliation with group opposing it"</a>, <i>Media Matters of America</i>, March 10, 2009.</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200903100032?f=h_latest">"Fox's Wilson aired economist's attacks on EFCA without noting her study's industry funding"</a>, <i>Media Matters of America</i>, March 10, 2009.</li>

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<p><b>Mark McKinnon</b>, former <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Media" title="Media">media</a> adviser for President <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush" class="mw-redirect">George W. Bush</a>, is a founding member of the new online political and social networking community <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/HOTSOUP.com" title="HOTSOUP.com">HOTSOUP.com</a>, which is debuted in October 2006.

In 2006, McKinnon started working on <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a>'s 2008 presidential campaign. In January 2007 he said he would quit if the general election pitted McCain against <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>. "I will, however, still support and vote for John McCain," he told the <i>Austin American-Statesman</i>. "I just don’t want to work against an Obama candidacy. I think a McCain vs. Obama race would be a great choice for the country." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/washington/washington/entries/2007/06/08/_political_medi.html">[1]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.talk.newsweek.com/politics/default.asp?item=618145">[2]</a> On May 21, 2008, McKinnon did resign from the McCain campaign, as promised, not wanting to campaign against Obama. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/us/politics/21consult.html">[3]</a>

In October 2005, President Bush nominated McKinnon to serve on the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Broadcasting_Board_of_Governors" title="Broadcasting Board of Governors">Broadcasting Board of Governors</a>, which oversees U.S.-funded international media outlets including <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Radio_Sawa" title="Radio Sawa">Radio Sawa</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Al_Hurra" title="Al Hurra" class="mw-redirect">Al Hurra</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Voice_of_America" title="Voice of America">Voice of America</a>.

In April 2004, McKinnon, set up the consulting firm <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Maverick_Media" title="Maverick Media">Maverick Media</a>, Inc, "to handle advertisements" for <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bush-Cheney%2704_Inc." title="Bush-Cheney '04 Inc.">Bush-Cheney '04 Inc.</a>. "Campaign officials said the money covered television time in March [2004] and beyond, as well as production costs. The firm [received] about $46 million throughout" Bush's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S.presidential_election,_2004" title="U.S. presidential election, 2004">2004 presidential campaign</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/21/politics/campaign/21DONA.html">[4]</a></p>

<ul>

<li>Leadership, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Americans_Elect_2012" title="Americans Elect 2012">Americans Elect 2012</a> <sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mark_McKinnon#cite_note-0">[1]</a></sup></li>

</ul>

<h2>Contents</h2>

<ul>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mark_McKinnon#Profile"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Profile</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mark_McKinnon#Articles_and_Resources"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Articles and Resources</span></a>

<ul>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mark_McKinnon#Related_SourceWatch_Articles"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Related SourceWatch Articles</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mark_McKinnon#References"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mark_McKinnon#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li>

</ul>

</li>

</ul>

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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Profile">Profile</span></h2>

<p>Bill McConnell wrote June 27, 2005, in <i>Broadcasting & Cable</i> that "McKinnon launched his career as a Democratic campaign consultant, then dropped out of politics to work for corporate clients. But the Austin, Texas, image consultant was lured back into politics by his close friend George W. Bush, this time as a Republican strategist. McKinnon "mounted a brutally effective ad campaign against <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry" class="mw-redirect">John Kerry</a> in 2004, which included the 'Windsurfing' spot portraying the Democratic candidate as a rich dilettante," McConnell wrote.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mark_McKinnon#cite_note-1">[2]</a></sup></p>

<p>

Half of the top 50 Bush 2004 reelection campaign expenditures went to McKinnon's firm <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Maverick_Media" title="Maverick Media">Maverick Media</a>, totaling $170 million. (While the majority of the money went towards campaign ads, the standard commission for media consulting firms is 15 percent, according to <i>Campaigns & Elections</i>.)</p>

<p>

"I think the most important thing to recognize is that in all the campaigns with President Bush, it always begins with the president saying: 'Here are the things I care about. These are the things I want to talk about. Now, you guys can go and execute the plan however you want to, but this is what I'm talking about; this is what I believe in,'" McKinnon told <i>Frontline</i> for their 2005 piece on <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Karl_Rove" title="Karl Rove">Karl Rove</a> called "The Architect." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/architect/interviews/mckinnon.html">[5]</a></p>

<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Articles_and_Resources">Articles and Resources</span></h2>

<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Related_SourceWatch_Articles">Related SourceWatch Articles</span></h3>

<ul>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Matthew_Dowd" title="Matthew Dowd">Matthew Dowd</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Carter_Eskew" title="Carter Eskew">Carter Eskew</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Michael_Feldman" title="Michael Feldman">Michael Feldman</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ron_Fournier" title="Ron Fournier">Ron Fournier</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Joe_Lockhart" title="Joe Lockhart">Joe Lockhart</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Chip_Smith" title="Chip Smith">Chip Smith</a></li>

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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span></h3>

<li id="cite_note-0"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mark_McKinnon#cite_ref-0">↑</a> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.americanselect.org/who-we-are">Who</a>, Americans Elect 2012, accessed November 23, 2011.</span></li>

<li id="cite_note-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Mark_McKinnon#cite_ref-1">↑</a> <span class="reference-text">Bill McConnell, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=articlePrint&articleID=CA621494">"Washington’s Hidden Persuaders"</a>, <i>Broadcasting & Cable</i>, June 25, 2005.</span></li>

</ol>

<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span></h3>

<ul>

<li>Glen Justice, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30D17FC3D5E0C728EDDAD0894DC404482">"Bush Spent A Record On His Race In March,"</a> (abstract) <i>New York Times</i>, April 21, 2004.</li>

<li>"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/architect/interviews/mckinnon.html">Interview: Mark McKinnon</a>", <i>Frontline</i>, April 12, 2005.</li>

<li>Bill McConnell, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=articlePrint&articleID=CA621494">"Washington’s Hidden Persuaders. A handful of players are behind every big decision, consensus or roadblock in Washington. With telecom, media and entertainment taking priority in the nation’s capital, here’s a look at who pulls the strings,"</a> <i>Broadcasting & Cable</i>, June 27, 2005.</li>

<li>"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/10/20051017-10.html">Nominations Sent to the Senate</a> ", Media Release, White House, October 17, 2005.</li>

<li>Howard Kurtz, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/11/AR2006071101104.html">"Online Venture Seeks To Elevate the Debate. Civility Is In, Rancor Out on Web Site Begun by Democratic, GOP Strategists,"</a> <i>Washington Post</i>, July 12, 2006.</li>

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