Origin
Firm was created in 2008 — although the Founder, Kelley Rogers, previously had a firm called “Political Solutions.”
[The firm has] ...strategic partnerships with political industry leaders in the fields of telephone voter contact, internet solicitation/communication, and fundraising while expanding ... strategic consulting and direct mail practices.
Scope
clients have included all of the Republican committees, conservative business groups, political action committees, presidential campaigns, numerous congressional and senatorial candidates, Republican legislative caucuses, and statewide candidates.
Players (with links to pages on their website)
Close ties to NFIB — “National Federation of Independent Business”. Expect that to lead someplace.
Whitfield is tied into ACU and CPAC.
O’Neil worked in a variety of staff positions in the House. Don’t know for whom, yet.
Rogers is well connected within Republican circles including “all of the committees.”
Services Offered
- Campaign Consulting
- Direct Mail
- Telephone Town Hall
- Voter Contact Telephone Programs (RoboCalling)
- Fundraising
Can’t get a list of clients. Will keep looking.
UPDATE #1
From Open Secrets:
So we have Pat McDonough, Charles Faddis, Stephen Mackenzie, Kelsey, Colm Rosier, Brent Waltz, Bobby Schilling, John Bolton, Bob Smith, Lee Terry, Cherilyn Eagar, William Russell, Morgan Griffith, and Palombo at first blush. Will find out how many of them are currently in office, next.
UPDATE #2 — Missed one, they’re in OpenSecrets TWICE in 2012.
This brings them up to $589,008 in receipts from Conservative Strike Force in 2012.
UPDATE #3
Following the Conservative Strike Force thread, Ken Cuccinelli (the guy that lost to McAuliffe in VA) successfully sued them as they raised money off of his name. First link I found was Breitbart, so I’m not providing it. If there is a tight relationship (and more than half a million dollars says there is!), then SCG is likely a scam, too. As these things tend to have a lot of threads, and given the FBI response, I bet they’re digitizing every piece of paper in the place and all digital media — hard drives, USBs, etc.