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Edward W. Gillespie is an American Republican lobbyist, and current White House counsel to George W. Bush. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Lobbying includes all attempts to influence Legislators and officials whether by other legislators constituents or organized groups See also Executive Office of the President of the United States The White House, formerly known as the Executive Mansion, is the Official residence The Counselor to the President is the highest-ranking assistant to the President of the United States for communications and a member of the Executive Office of the President George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. Gillespie with Jack Quinn, former Chief of Staff to Vice President Al Gore, founded Quinn Gillespie & Associates, a bipartisan lobbying firm that provides strategic advice, public relations services, and government representation to corporations, trade associations, and issue-based coalitions. John Quinn or Jack Quinn can refer to John Quinn (politician (1839-1903 Congressman from New York John Quinn (collector The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death Albert Arnold Gore Jr (born March 31 1948 is an American environmental Activist, author Businessperson, former Politician, and former Quinn Gillespie & Associates was founded in 2000 by Ed Gillespie and Jack Quinn. Lobbying includes all attempts to influence Legislators and officials whether by other legislators constituents or organized groups Public relations (PR is the practice of managing the flow of Information between an Organization and its Publics Public relations - often referred A corporation is a separate legal entity usually used to conduct business

Biography

Gillespie was born 15 August 1961 in Browns Mills, New Jersey. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Browns Mills is a Census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Pemberton Township, in Burlington County. He is a graduate of The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. The Catholic University of America ( CUA) located in Northeast Washington D Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D While at CUA he began his career on Capitol Hill as a Senate parking lot attendant. Capitol Hill, aside from being a Metonym for the United States Congress, is the largest historic residential Neighborhood in Washington D The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives

He began his political career as a telephone solicitor for the Republican National Committee in 1985. The Republican National Committee (RNC provides national leadership for the Republican Party of the United States. He later worked for a decade as a top aide to former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-TX), and was a principal drafter of the GOP's 1994 "Contract With America. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives are elected by their respective parties in a closed-door (private Caucus. Richard Keith "Dick" Armey (born July 7, 1940 in) is a former U The Contract with America was a document released by the United States Republican Party during the 1994 Congressional election campaign " In 1996, he became Director of Communications and Congressional Affairs for the Republican National Committee under Haley Barbour. The Republican National Committee (RNC provides national leadership for the Republican Party of the United States. Haley Reeves Barbour (born October 22, 1947) is an American Politician currently serving as the governor of Mississippi

In March 1998, Gillespie was executive director of coalition supporting computer data encryption called Americans for Computer Privacy. Gillespie's message was that "Encryption is, far from being a geek issue, essential to citizens' individual liberty. The mission that goes with the message is a tough one: to halt a Clinton administration drive to set up a system requiring that software equipped with data-scrambling capabilities also include a way for law enforcement or national security agencies to quickly access the encrypted information" ([1]). William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States

In 1999, Gillespie worked as the Press Secretary for the Presidential campaign of John Kasich. John Richard Kasich (born May 13, 1952, McKees Rocks Pennsylvania) is a former Republican United States Representative who is Kasich withdrew from the race that summer.

In 2000, Gillespie served as senior communications advisor for the presidential campaign of George W. Bush, organizing the party convention program in Philadelphia for Bush's nomination and Bush's inauguration ceremony. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. He also played an aggressive role as spokesman for the Bush campaign during the vote recount in Florida.

In 2001, Gillespie briefly worked as acting director of public affairs for the U.S. Commerce Department, helping Secretary Donald Evans organize the agency and hire staff. The United States Department of Commerce is the Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with promoting Economic growth Donald Louis Evans (born July 27, 1946) is the former 34th US In 2002, he was a strategist for Elizabeth Dole's 2002 Senate campaign. Mary Elizabeth Hanford "Liddy" Dole (born July 29 1936 is an American politician who served in both the Ronald Reagan and George H

Public Citizen has published a 25-page report calling Gillespie "an [2]) embedded lobbyist" and asserting that his appointment as RNC chairman "has opened a conduit for corporate America to strengthen its already formidable influence in the White House and Congress. Public Citizen is a Washington DC -based public interest group engaged in Consumer Advocacy, government accountability clean democracy and ethical " Gillespie's wife was executive director of Joe Barton's political action committee, the Texas Freedom Fund. Joseph Linus "Joe" Barton (born September 15, 1949) is a Republican politician representing ( map in the U In the US, a Political Action Committee, or PAC, is the name commonly given to a private group regardless of size organized to elect political candidates

As Chairman of the RNC, it was Ed Gillespie who authorized paying legal fees which eventually mounted into millions of dollars [3], to defend political consultant James Tobin against charges that he had been guilty of "telephone harassment" in the 2002 New Hampshire Senate election phone jamming scandal. James Tobin was President George W Bush 's New England campaign chairman The 2002 New Hampshire Senate election phone jamming scandal involves the use of a Telemarketing firm hired by that state's Republican Party (NHGOP for election Gillespie told reporters that the RNC had no contractual obligation but "it's the custom, not written anywhere, that you covered your people. " He said that he had informed the White House of his intentions but sought no formal approval. [4]

In 2006, the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed by Gillespie in support of a comprehensive immigration reform package: "The Republican Party cannot become an anti-immigration party. " ([5])

He was recently publicly visible after the 2006 Senate elections as a spokesman for defeated Virginia Senator George Allen. The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state George Felix Allen (born March 8 1952 is a former Republican United States Senator from the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the son of former He had been tapped by Allen as a political adviser for a possible presidential run in 2008 before that loss.

Gillespie was chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia from December 2006 to June 2007. The Republican Party of Virginia (RPV is based in Richmond in the Commonwealth of Virginia. His book "Winning Right" was released in the September of 2006.

Role as White House counsel

In late June of 2007, President Bush brought Gillespie into the White House on a full-time basis, to replace the departing Dan Bartlett with the mandate to help raise Bush's flagging popularity ratings. Daniel Joseph Bartlett (born June 1, 1971) was a Counselor to the President in the U When Karl Rove also departed in August, the Washington Post described Gillespie as stepping up to do part of Karl Rove's job in the White House. Karl Christian Rove (born December 25, 1950) was Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Karl Christian Rove (born December 25, 1950) was Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W Michael A. Fletcher. "As Rove Departs, President Again Turns to Gillespie." Washington Post. August 16, 2007 A later Post article describes Gillespie's role orchestrating a PR unit dedicated to "selling the surge to American voters and the media. The surge is a phrase commonly used to describe United States President George W Peter Baker et. al. "Among Top Officials, 'Surge' Has Sparked Dissent, Infighting." Washington Post. September 9, 2007. According to this article:

From the start of the Bush plan, the White House communications office had been blitzing an e-mail list of as many as 5,000 journalists, lawmakers, lobbyists, conservative bloggers, military groups and others with talking points or rebuttals of criticism. . . Gillespie arranged several presidential speeches to make strategic arguments, such as comparing Iraq to Vietnam or warning of Iranian interference. When critics assailed Bush for overstating ties between al-Qaeda and the group called al-Qaeda in Iraq, Gillespie organized a Bush speech to make his case. "The whole idea is to take these things on before they become conventional wisdom," said White House communications director Kevin Sullivan. "We have a very short window. "

External links

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