Goodyear, D

<h2></h2><div>Control the GOP Congress. The tobacco industry played a crucial role in the [1994 Newt] "Republican revolution." As Peter H. Stone reports, campaign contributions and a revolving door of operatives— working jointly for tobacco and for key Congress members—have locked the industry and the top Republican leadership in a tight embrace (see <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/politics/1996/05/nicotine-network">The Nicotine Network</a> [3]). For instance, Stone relates how Majority Whip Tom DeLay has put a tobacco operative in charge of his main political organization, ARMPAC.</div><div>=</div><div>http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Douglas_M.Goodyear</div><div>
</div><div><div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="direction: ltr; line-height: 22.4px;">Douglas M. Goodyear is CEO of the Washington, DC-based lobbying and PR firm <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/DCI_Group" title="DCI Group" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">DCI Group</a>, where he "directs large-scale Public Affairs campaigns on behalf of Fortune 50 clients." Prior to co-founding DCI Group, Goodyear served as Vice President at <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Walt_Klein_and_Associates" title="Walt Klein and Associates" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Walt Klein and Associates</a> in North Carolina. In 1993, Goodyear was instrumental in the creation of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ramhurst" title="Ramhurst" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Ramhurst</a>, an organization that received money from <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/R.J.Reynolds_Tobacco_Company" title="R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company</a> to combines "grassroots" lobbying with inside-the-Beltway influence-peddling.
<div id="toc" class="toc" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 7px; display: table; zoom: 1;"><div id="toctitle" style="background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Douglas_M.Goodyear#Background" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Background</a></div><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Douglas_M.Goodyear#Resignation_and_2008_Republican_Convention_Co-ordinator" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration: none;">2 Resignation and 2008 Republican Convention Co-ordinator</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Douglas_M.Goodyear#Articles_and_Resources" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3 Articles and Resources</a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Douglas_M.Goodyear#Sources" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3.1 Sources</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Douglas_M.Goodyear#Related_SourceWatch_Articles" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3.2 Related SourceWatch Articles</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Douglas_M.Goodyear#External_links" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">3.3 External links</a></li></ul></li></ul></div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Background</h2>The DCI website states that Goodyear has been with the firm for a decade and that "over the past three years, Mr. Goodyear has led DCI Group through a size doubling while dramatically expanding its list of client service offerings. Under his leadership, DCI Group has garnered national recognition for the thoroughness of its public policy campaigns and the prestige of its client list."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Douglas_M.Goodyear#cite_note-Bio-1" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a>"Before co-founding DCI Group in 1996, Mr. Goodyear served as vice president of Walt Klein and Associates in North Carolina, catering to corporate and political clients. He was also active in campaign politics in Colorado in the 1980s, serving as political director for the state GOP. In 1988 he managed Pete Dawkins' campaign for the U.S. Senate in New Jersey. An avid baseball fan, Mr. Goodyear was a leader in the campaign that brought major league baseball to Denver in 1990, as well as the campaign to build Denver's new international airport. Mr. Goodyear is a co-founder of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Goodsijn_I&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Goodsijn I (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Goodsijn I</a>, LP, an equity fund making investments in real estate and start-up companies. Mr. Goodyear is a graduate of Tufts University and is an active member of the Young Presidents Organization in Phoenix, Arizona. He currently lives in Phoenix with his wife Carla, son Cole and daughter Kendall."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Douglas_M.Goodyear#cite_note-Bio-1" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[1]</a><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Resignation and 2008 Republican Convention Co-ordinator</h2>In May 2008, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Michael_Isikoff" title="Michael Isikoff" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Michael Isikoff</a> from Newsweek reported that the campaign of Republican presidential aspirant, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_McCain" title="John McCain" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">John McCain</a>, had selected Goodyear to manage the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republican_National_Convention" title="Republican National Convention" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Republican National Convention</a> (RNC) in St. Paul, Minnesota. McCain press secretary <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jill_Hazelbaker&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jill Hazelbaker (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background: none;">Jill Hazelbaker</a> told Isikoff that Goodyear was selected because of his "management experience and expertise."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Douglas_M.Goodyear#cite_note-Isikoff-2" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[2]</a>"But some allies worry that Goodyear's selection could fuel perceptions that McCain—who has portrayed himself as a crusader against special interests—is surrounded by lobbyists. Goodyear is CEO of DCI Group, a consulting firm that earned $3 million last year lobbying for <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ExxonMobil" title="ExxonMobil" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">ExxonMobil</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/General_Motors" title="General Motors" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">General Motors</a> and other clients. Potentially more problematic: the firm was paid $348,000 in 2002 to represent <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Burma" title="Burma" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Burma</a>'s military junta, which had been strongly condemned by the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S.Department_of_State" title="U.S. Department of State" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">State Department</a> for its human-rights record and remains in power today. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S.Department_of_Justice" title="U.S. Department of Justice" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Justice Department</a> lobbying records show DCI pushed to 'begin a dialogue of political reconciliation' with the regime. It also led a PR campaign to burnish the junta's image, drafting releases praising Burma's efforts to curb the drug trade and denouncing 'falsehoods' by the Bush administration that the regime engaged in rape and other abuses," Isikoff reported.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Douglas_M.Goodyear#cite_note-Isikoff-2" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[2]</a>"It was our only foreign representation, it was for a short tenure, and it was six years ago," Goodyear stated.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Douglas_M.Goodyear#cite_note-Isikoff-2" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">[2]</a>Shortly after the story broke, the RNC issued a media release stating that it "accepted the resignation of convention coordinator Doug Goodyear" and that Goodyear had stated "Today I offered the convention my resignation so as not to become a distraction in this campaign. I continue to strongly support John McCain for president, and wish him the best of luck in this campaign."<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Douglas_M.Goodyear#cite_note-3" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background: none;">[3]</a><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); line-height: 1.3; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Articles and Resources</h2><h3 style="color: black; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Sources</h3><ol class="references" style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li id="cite_note-Bio-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Douglas_M.Goodyear#cite_ref-Bio_1-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up to:1.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Douglas_M.Goodyear#cite_ref-Bio_1-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">1.1</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dcigroup.com/people_goodyear.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cg="Cg" transform="transform" translate="translate" crect="Crect" x="x" y="y" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" cpath="Cpath" m831.194="M831.194" h5.234v5.391l-1.571="h5.234v5.391l-1.571" z="z" m835.424="M835.424" l.022="l.022" fg="Fg" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">"Our people: Doug Goodyear, Chief Executive Officer"</a>, DCI Group, accessed May 2008.</li><li id="cite_note-Isikoff-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Douglas_M.Goodyear#cite_ref-Isikoff_2-0" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up to:2.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Douglas_M.Goodyear#cite_ref-Isikoff_2-1" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2.1</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Douglas_M.Goodyear#cite_ref-Isikoff_2-2" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">2.2</a> Michael Isikoff, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/136321" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cg="Cg" transform="transform" translate="translate" crect="Crect" x="x" y="y" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" cpath="Cpath" m831.194="M831.194" h5.234v5.391l-1.571="h5.234v5.391l-1.571" z="z" m835.424="M835.424" l.022="l.022" fg="Fg" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">"A Convention Quandary"</a>, Newsweek, May 19, 2008.</li><li id="cite_note-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Douglas_M.Goodyear#cite_ref-3" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; -webkit-user-select: none;">Jump up↑</a> GOP Convention Coordinator Resigns", Media Release, May 10, 2008.</li></ol><h3 style="color: black; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; line-height: 1.6; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;">Related SourceWatch Articles</h3><ul style="color: rgb(37, 37, 37); margin: 0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" f="F" e="E" a="A" csvg="Csvg" http="http" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" ccircle="Ccircle" cx="cx" cy="cy" r="r" fill="fill" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Investors_Action" title="Investors Action" style="text-decoration: none; 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color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cg="Cg" transform="transform" translate="translate" crect="Crect" x="x" y="y" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" cpath="Cpath" m831.194="M831.194" h5.234v5.391l-1.571="h5.234v5.391l-1.571" z="z" m835.424="M835.424" l.022="l.022" fg="Fg" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">The Nicotine Network</a>," Mother Jones, May/June 1996.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Michael Isikoff, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/136321" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cg="Cg" transform="transform" translate="translate" crect="Crect" x="x" y="y" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" cpath="Cpath" m831.194="M831.194" h5.234v5.391l-1.571="h5.234v5.391l-1.571" z="z" m835.424="M835.424" l.022="l.022" fg="Fg" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">"A Convention Quandary"</a>, Newsweek, May 19, 2008.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Andrew Romano, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/05/10/mccain-convention-manager-resigns-after-newsweek-reveals-burma-ties.aspx" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cg="Cg" transform="transform" translate="translate" crect="Crect" x="x" y="y" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" cpath="Cpath" m831.194="M831.194" h5.234v5.391l-1.571="h5.234v5.391l-1.571" z="z" m835.424="M835.424" l.022="l.022" fg="Fg" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">"McCain Convention Manager Resigns After NEWSWEEK Reveals Burma Ties"</a>, "Stumper" (Newsweek blog), May 10, 2008.</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;">Michael Cooper, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/us/politics/11mccain.html?ref=politics" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(102, 51, 102); padding-right: 13px; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="version" d="D" encoding="encoding" utf-8="UTF-8" f="F" e="E" csvg="Csvg" http="http" a="A" fwww.w3.org="Fwww.w3.org" f2000="F2000" fsvg="Fsvg" width="width" height="height" cg="Cg" transform="transform" translate="translate" crect="Crect" x="x" y="y" fill="fill" fff="fff" stroke="stroke" cpath="Cpath" m831.194="M831.194" h5.234v5.391l-1.571="h5.234v5.391l-1.571" z="z" m835.424="M835.424" l.022="l.022" fg="Fg" xmlns="xmlns" xmlns:data="data">"Official Chosen by McCain to Run Convention Resigns"</a>, New York Times, May 11, 2008.</li></ul></div><div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 5px; margin-top: 1em; clear: both; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); line-height: 22.4px; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249);"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories" style="text-decoration: none; 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border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); padding: 0px 0.5em; zoom: 1;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:United_States" title="Category:United States" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;">United States</a></li></ul></div></div></div><div></div><div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px none; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; line-height: 26.25px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">After John McCain nailed down the Republican nomination in March, his campaign began wrestling with a sensitive personnel issue: who would manage this summer's GOP convention in St. Paul, Minn.? The campaign recently tapped Doug Goodyear for the job, a veteran operative and Arizonan who was chosen for his "management experience and expertise," according to McCain press secretary Jill Hazelbaker. But some allies worry that Goodyear's selection could fuel perceptions that McCain—who has portrayed himself as a crusader against special interests—is surrounded by lobbyists. Goodyear is CEO of DCI Group, a consulting firm that earned $3 million last year lobbying for ExxonMobil, General Motors and other clients.<p style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px none; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; line-height: 26.25px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Potentially more problematic: the firm was paid $348,000 in 2002 to represent Burma's military junta, which had been strongly condemned by the State Department for its human-rights record and remains in power today. Justice Department lobbying records show DCI pushed to "begin a dialogue of political reconciliation" with the regime. It also led a PR campaign to burnish the junta's image, drafting releases praising Burma's efforts to curb the drug trade and denouncing "falsehoods" by the Bush administration that the regime engaged in rape and other abuses. "It was our only foreign representation, it was for a short tenure, and it was six years ago," Goodyear told NEWSWEEK, adding the junta's record in the current cyclone crisis is "reprehensible."<div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px none; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; line-height: 26.25px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px none; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><div class="cm8inlineAdCont" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px none; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;"><div class="cm8inlineAd" id="CM8RMM_NoWait_PagerollVideoCont" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px none; list-style: none outside none; margin: auto auto 10px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; width: 480px; height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"><div id="checkm8Cont_0" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px none; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px auto; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; direction: ltr; clear: both; visibility: visible; overflow: hidden; width: 480px; height: 360px; top: 0px; left: 0px;"></div></div></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px none; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; line-height: 26.25px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Another issue: DCI has been a pioneer in running "independent" expenditure campaigns by so–called 527 groups, precisely the kind of operations that McCain, in his battle for campaign-finance reform, has denounced. In 2004, the DCI Group led a pro-Bush 527 called Progress for America, which was later fined (along with several other 527s on both sides of the political divide) for violating federal election laws. Goodyear, however, says that DCI is "not in the 527 business anymore."Ironically, Goodyear was chosen for the post after the McCain campaign nixed another candidate, Paul Manafort, [TRUMP] who runs a lobbying firm with McCain's campaign manager, Rick Davis. The prospect of choosing Manafort created anxiety in the campaign because of his long history of representing controversial foreign clients, including Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos. More recently, he served as chief political consultant to Viktor Yanukovich, the former Ukrainian prime minister who has been widely criticized for alleged corruption and for his close ties to Russia's Vladimir Putin—a potential embarrassment for McCain, who in 2007 called Putin a "totalitarian dictator." "The Ukrainian stuff was viewed as too much," says one McCain strategist, who asked not to be identified discussing the matter. Manafort did not return calls for comment.<p style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px none; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px 0px 17px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; line-height: 26.25px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Editor's Note: Not long after Newsweek published this item, <a href="http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/05/10/mccain-convention-manager-resigns-after-newsweek-reveals-burma-ties.aspx" linktype="External" resizable="true" status="true" scrollbars="true" style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px none; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); -webkit-transition: all 0.3s ease; transition: all 0.3s ease; background: transparent;">McCain's convention manager resigned</a>.</div><div>=</div><div>2015?</div><div>
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</h2><h2>Doug Goodyear</h2>

Chief Executive Officer

Doug Goodyear is CEO and a founding partner of DCI Group. Throughout the course of his decade-long tenure, DCI Group has grown from a single-client startup to one of the country’s largest independently-owned public affairs firms with a host of Fortune 500 corporations and industry associations as clients. Over the past three years, Mr. Goodyear has led DCI Group through a size doubling while dramatically expanding its list of client service offerings. Under his leadership, DCI Group has garnered national recognition for the thoroughness of its public policy campaigns and the prestige of its client list.

Before co-founding DCI Group in 1996, Mr. Goodyear served as vice president of Walt Klein and Associates in North Carolina, catering to corporate and political clients. He was also active in campaign politics in Colorado in the 1980s, serving as political director for the state GOP. In 1988 he managed Pete Dawkins’ campaign for the U.S. Senate in New Jersey. An avid baseball fan, Mr. Goodyear was a leader in the campaign that brought major league baseball to Denver in 1990, as well as the campaign to build Denver’s new international airport.

Mr. Goodyear is a graduate of Tufts University and is an active member of the Young Presidents Organization in Phoenix, Arizona. He currently lives in Phoenix with his wife Carla, son Cole and daughter Kendall.

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The DCI Group's CEO, Douglas M. Goodyear, used to work on behalf of R.J. Reynolds. Before joining the DCI group, he was a vice president at Walt Klein and Associates, a PR firm whose work for RJR dates back to at least the1980s. In 1993, Goodyear was instrumental in the creation of Ramhurst Corporation, an organization that received money from R.J. Reynolds to ensure that tobacco industry efforts in Washington were supported by and coordinated with RJR's nation-wide fake grassroots operations. According to internal RJR documents, in 1994 Ramhurst received $2.6 million for "executing tactical programs on federal, state or local issues; developing a network of smokers' rights groups and other coalition partners within the region that will speak out on issues important to the Company; implementing training and communication programs designed to inform activists and maintain their ongoing involvement in the grassroots movement." Synhorst was one of Ramhurst's field operators.

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