At the risk of dipping into the “Sirota Well” once too often, this simply cannot go without mention:
Anyone Want to See What the Hostile Takeover of the Democratic Party Looks Like?
The post is short and to the point. A link to an invitation to a June, 2007 “retreat” sponsored by the New Democrat Coalition. Obviously David looks at the larger picture of the emergence of a new “Corporate Democratic” Party. My interest, however, lies a bit closer to home.
The retreat, held on Chesapeake Bay was attended by 19 “New Democrat” congress members. Three of those members were from our own Washington State; one from my own congressional district. Retreating with PAC Chair, Adam Smith (D-WA9) were Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA3) and Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA2).
The retreat featured break-outs on such vital issues as:
Breaking the Log Jam on Trade Policy
Health Care: A Competitiveness Issue
Energy Independence and Security ( with an introduction by my own congressman, Rick Larsen)
Oh, did I mention the “NewDem Pac Supporters and Friends Attending the Retreat”?
Josh Ackil, Information Technology Industry
Brian Adkins, Embarq
Cory Alexander, Fannie Mae
Edward An, Time Warner
Zak Andersen, Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Bruce Andrews, Ford
Amy Andryszak, AT&T
Rob Atkinson, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
Don Auerbach, Investment Company Institute
Shane Austin, St. Paul Travelers
Matt Bai, The New York Times Magazine
Peter Begans, Medco
Ricardo Bernal, Washington Group International
Rachelle Bernstecker, American Seniors Housing Association
Victoria Blatter, Merck
Holly Bode, UnitedHealth Group
Jim Bonham, Brown Rudnick
Lyndon Boozer, AT&T
Tammy Boyd, Johnson & Johnson
Marshall Brachman, Washington, DC
Chuck Brain, Capitol Hill Strategies
Paul Brathwaite, The Podesta Group
Alix Burns, Bay Bridge Strategies
Sean Callinicos, Sanofi Pasteur
Melika Carroll, Micron
Rick Carter, PG&E
David Castagnetti, Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti
Jennifer Cetta, T-Mobile
Allen Chew, Credit Union National Association
Jeff Cohen, Federation of American Hospitals
Jason Cole, UBS
Jeff Connaughton, Quinn Gillespie & Associates
David Conover, David Conover and Associates
Sara Conrad, The Conrad Group
Megan Cundari, American Hospital Association
Hon. Jim Davis, Holland and Knight
Priya Dayananda, KPMG
Jeanne Delgado, National Multi Housing Council
Lisa Dinackus, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Gloria Dittus, Dittus Communications
Andy Dodson, Bockorny Group
Julie Domenick, Multiple Strategies
Sean Donohue, Eli Lilly and Company
Jennifer Dowling, NVCA
David Drake, Novartis
Maurie Dugger, Edison Electric Institute
Emily Duncan, Exelon Corporation
Marty Durbin, American Chemistry Council
Renee Eastman, Salt River Project
Susan Eerdmans, AmerisourceBergen
Langston Emerson, NAREIT
Anne Fabry, Brown Rudnick
Pete Filon, Comcast
Alex Flint, Nuclear Energy Institute
Claude Fontheim, Fontheim International
Elizabeth Fox, AFLAC
Monique Frazier, HSBC North America
Shawn Gallagher, AIG
Matt Gelman, Microsoft
Robert Getzoff, Citi
David Gilbert, Constellation Energy Group
Mary Gordon, Nortel
Jamie Gregory, National Association of Realtors
Robert Griner, J.P. Morgan Chase
Tony Hadley, Experian Information Solutions
Bryant Hall, PhRMA
Rob Hall, INVISTA
Sherry Harper, O'Connor & Hannan
Jim Hart, Investment Company Institute
Edward Hill, Bank of America
Janet Howard, MetLife
Mark Irion, Dutko Worldwide
Andy Izquierdo, AstraZeneca<BR>
Bryan Jacobs, Home Depot
Leo Jardot, Wyeth
Kent Jeffreys, International Council of Shopping Centers
Timothy Jenkins, O'Connor & Hannan
Chris Jennings, Jennings Policy Strategies
Broderick Johnson, Bryan Cave Strategies
Charlie Johnson, Akin Gump Strauss, Hauer & Feld
Kirsten Johnson-Obey, Freddie Mac
Jonathan Jones, Johnson, Madigan, Peck
Eli Joseph, BIO
Mark Kadesh, Bartlett, Bendall & Kadesh
Hon. Mickey Kantor, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw
Andrew Kauders, Podesta Group
Tim Keating, Honeywell
Thomas Koonce, IIABA
Lisa Kountoupes, Clark & Weinstock
Leslie Kramerich, Investment Companies Institute
Kristin Krause, FedEx
John Lapp, McMahon, Squier, Lapp & Associates
Peter Lawson, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Vera LeBrun Grill, Pfizer
Eileen Lee, National Multi Housing Council
Edmund Lee, AIG
Lynn LeMaster, Edison Electric Institute
Ken Levinson, Fontheim International
Andy Lewin, Zurich
Nick Lewis, UPS
Brooke Lundquist, Dow
Jennifer Luray, Abbott Laboratories
Steve McBee, McBee Strategies
Chris McCannell, Quinn Gillespie & Associates
Jesse McCollum, NBWA
Jacqueline McCrocklin, VerizonWireless
Hon. Dave McCurdy, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
Sara Mead, Education Sector
Buddy Menn, BI Pharmaceuticals
Rachel Miller, BP
Nancy Mills, AFL-CIO
Peter Molinaro, Dow Chemicals
Howard Moon, Amgen
Cynthia Morton, American Health Care Association
Peter Muller, Genentech
Patrick Murphy, mCapitol
Charles Nau, Johnson & Johnson
Steve Nousen, NEA
Cathy Nyce, State Farm
Manny Ortiz, Quinn Gillespie & Associates
Ellen Pao, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Dean Pappas, Allstate
Scott Parven, Parven, Pomper, Schuyler
Chris Payne, Prudential
Theresa Peterson, GE
John Plaza, Imperium Renewables and Seattle Biodiesel
Bob Pozen, MFS
John Prible, IIABA
Kate Prible, PCI
Ann Pride, Entergy
Tim Punke, Monument Policy Group
Christine Ramsdell, Boeing Corporation
Renée Rappaport, Mortgage Bankers Association
Kevin Richards, Symantec
Josh Richman, Bloom Energy
Lucia Riddle, Principal Financial Group
Angela Riemer, Wyeth
Jay Rosenblum, Ernst & Young
Peter Rubin, Merck
Barbara Sacks, Verizon
Melissa Schulman, Bockorny Group
Elizabeth Schwartz, Boeing Corporation
Jill Showell, PMI Group
Courtney Sigmon, The Conrad Group
Hannah Simone, Nuclear Energy Institute
Kelly Slone, NVCA
Peter Slone, Medtronic
Dale Snape, Wexler & Walker
Thomas Spulak, King & Spalding
KR Sridhar, Bloom Energy
Jerry Steffle, Wellpoint
Kristy Sternhell, Hewlett-Packard
Jennifer Stewart, Bryan Cave Strategies
Roslyn Sullivan, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Wendy Sussman, Caremark Rx
Marie Sylla, Verizon
Matthew Tanielian, Cisco<BR>
Dan Tate, Jr. Capitol Solutions
Gordon Taylor, Ogilvy Government Relations
Henry Terhune, Akin Gump Strauss, Hauer & Feld
David Thomas, Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti
Jonathan Topodas, Aetna
Andrew Vermilye, Fidelity
Ali Weise, NDN
Robin Weisman, NASDAQ
Allison Weiss, MassMutual
Andrea Wilkinson, Sanofi Pasteur
Adele Witenstein, Abbott
AJ Wojciak, Blue Cross Blue Shield
Kimberly Woodard, Wal-Mart
Duane Wright, America's Health Insurance Plans
It’s a good thing Democrats are immune from lobbyists. (If you're wondering, that would be about 7.5 lobbyists per congress member.)
Peace,
Chad (The Left) Shue