COP on the Hill: Stories from the week of November 11, 2016

Stories from the week of November 11, 2016

It’s what I do: On Saturday the 5th I spoke on a panel for the NORML chapter in Harrisonburg, VA. The James Madison U students were eager to move the issue forward. Karen was there in her shirt and thus, we made a ‘cute couple.’

Early congrats: I accepted MPP’s election night party invitation. I left a bit early due to the alarm going off at 0600 the next morning to go to work. I had an opportunity to talk to Rob Kampia, ED for MPP. I predicted 5 of 9 wins for the night and thanked him for his leadership. You probably know it turned out to be 8 of 9 wins. We will know in six months, if this Tsunami of a winning night will translate into votes in the Congress and beyond.

PS – Rob was quite certain that Michigan is the 2018 state to ‘go Colorado.’ It being my home state for some 25 years, you can be sure I will be in the thick of it.

This week’s stats:

3 meeting

COP stats since inception: August 2009

2249 Presentations to Congressional staffers.. this week
134 personal chats with a Member of Congress.. this week
205 chats with other elected officials, state reps, senators, VIPs, etc. 01 this week (Attorney General of South Carolina)
14 interviews and reports in minor media = this week.
67 Radio Interviews.. 00 this week
84 published letters to the editor (value per MAPINC in free publicity: $83,000).. 0 this week
42 published interviews/foto in major (daily) newspapers or magazine… 0 this week
62 Appearances/Interviews on major TV/Radio/Print media..This week (Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision, BBC, CNN, NPR)…02 this week (NBC twice)
24 major conferences attended – (United Nations drug conf, CPAC, LULAC, NRA, CBC, ASA, DPA, Dem & Repub. Presidential conventions., National Review, etc) 0this week
* 2 editorials in daily papers mentioning Howard’s efforts & in support of COP position
Weekly attendance at Grover Norquist’s Wednesday brunch attended by 150 conservative leaders. Named the “Grand Central Station of the Conservative Movement.”
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