We could join the MSM and prognosticate whether Hillary’s continued persistence in this year’s presidential sweepstakes with Don Quixote’s lack of perspicacity. We might also engage in vice-presidential aspirations or in the generic what does Hillary Clinton want? Her recent comments about "white people voting for her," followed by her macabre remark about the Robert Kennedy assassination demonstrate that Mrs. Clinton has crashed and burned. The ego bruise must excoriate her now that Senators McCain and Obama are engaged in the rigors of debate while Senator Clinton is all but ignored.
While the presumptive party nominees disengage from Sen. Clinton and engage each other. McCain has chosen to inject mental content into the campaign fray. Maverick John may surpass Sen. Obama in years and Washington experience. His image to the contrary notwithstanding, the Arizona senator has a foreign uber-lobbyist, veteran Charlie Black, as his campaign’s chief advisor and a Washington, DC firm as his domestic fixers.
John McCain’s amorousness may or may not have been satiated by the lobbying firm of Alcalde and Fay but it has opened a lot of doors for the GOP presumptive nominee. We already know Vicki Iseman has extensive experience in telecommunications, representing corporations before the House and Senate Commerce Committees.
The firm represents five important clients which have given Senator McCain access to the religious right, Miami’s Cuban community, local Florida governmental officials, and defense contracts. Alcalde and Fay also represent local governments in five other states.
Through the firm’s representation of Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network, McCain received the political juice necessary to secure the endorsement of Reverend John Hagee and other evangelical ministers.
The firm’s representation of more than a dozen Florida municipalities, including the City of Miami and Hialeah as well as Hispanic media giants Telemundo and Univision undoubtedly aided Mr. McCain’s recent hard line policy address with regard to the communist lead island.
As payback for the favors of the lobbying firm we already know Senator McCain wrote letters on Ms Iselin behalf to further the aims of her telecommunications clients while both a member and Chairman of the Unites States Senate Commerce Committee. He chaired and is currently ranking member of the committee.
He has also helped VSE Corporation receive massive federal contracts from DOD and the Department of Energy. If you play the market and John McCain becomes president jump on to VSE Corp the defense and energy Corp received $308 million in government contracts in FY 05 and at least $173 million in 2007. Here, his membership on the Senate Armed Services Committee would prove helpful.
Just one of Alcalde & Fay’s black hat clients is the Sykes Corporation the company bills itself as "
a global leader in providing customer contact management solutions and services in the business process outsourcing (BPO) arena .
Two posts related to this issue can be found at http://reform.squarespace.com keyword Iseman.