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From: Joe Slade White <jsw@jswco.com>

Date: April 12, 2010 4:51:48 PM EDT

To: Valerie Biden Owens <valerie@jswco.com>, Jill Barcikowski <jill@jswco.com>, Robbie Dodson <robbie@jswco.com>, Doug Dodson <doug@jswco.com>, Allison Baker <allison@jswco.com>, Mary Bagley <mary@jswco.com>

Subject: Marketing News on Two Fronts

I just got off the phone with Mary Morrissey, who is Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s campaign manager.

Their pollster, Celinda Lake had sent Valerie and me an email a few days ago, saying that Madigan is dropping her media consultant.  And yesterday, Celinda recommended that I call Mary Morrissey.

(Note that Celinda also admitted that Mary was interviewing 3 firms on Friday and was disinclined to open up the process, but in talking to her, Mary seemed at least superficially positive and open to find out more about us.  I actually think that it’s nearly impossible to get on the train when it’s clearly leaving the station, but Mary asked that I send in materials to her.)

What I would suggest, instead of the standard “Candidate Presentation Reel” is that we send the reel that we had prepared for the Patricia Duff luncheon that I did in NYC.

BUT we would want the outside cover to say “Reel Prepared for Citizens for Lisa Madigan”.  Can that be accomplished?

Then we should send with it, two copies of the “Brochure” and the “Eight Principles”.

I’ll leave it up to all of you as to how that gets done.  It would obviously be great if it could start happening today (Perhaps send the reel out from Austin and the printed materials from here – or should the reel come from Austin to Mary overnight and she send everything out together tomorrow, for Wednesday delivery?  I’d like it to go out tonight to impress her.

The address is:

Ms. Mary Morrissey
Citizens for Lisa Madigan
500 North Dearborn
Suite 510
Chicago, Illinois  60654

Phone:  (773) 612-0096


I also think I’ll call Jill Alper and ask her if she has any ties to Lisa Madigan.  I’m guessing that she does.


Second piece of news is that we may get called on to do some work for a Liberal Party candidate for the Mayor of Toronto, because of my talk in Toronto this weekend.  That would be cool.  Eh?  

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