Today I attended an interesting Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) panel on the 2008 election and the use of online advertising. According to the IAB’s invitation to the discussion, [t]he 2008 presidential race saw one of the strongest voter turnouts in recent history. Alongside President Obama’s impressive victory, one of the biggest winners in this historic campaign […]
Day: April 10, 2009
Obama’s Cash-Plus Plan for Ambassador Posts?
The Obama administration has not given any signs that intends to depart from the practice of naming donors or bundlers to ambassadorships, according to this report. The Clinton administration tended to favor a “cash-plus” approach, in which big donor Democrats often had a modicum of knowledge of the languages or issues in the countries to […]
Former Members in Lobbying Shops
A significant percentage of Members of Congress who lost or retired recently have been hired by lobbying firms, according to this report. The new hires include Jim McCrery of Louisiana, who was the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee before moving to Capitol Counsel LLC, where clients include Roche Holdings AG, the […]