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From: seaotter@athena.mit.edu (Amazing Stace)
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Subject: Re: Those (henious) Information Brokers; who are they?
Summary: don't forget DemPubs
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Date: 23 Apr 91 17:04:54 GMT
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Laird Broadfield:
> Is anyone keeping a list of these folks?  [...]

An amusing thought -- no, a necessary one: "watching  the  watch-
ers."  I  imagine  the US Department of Commerce might be able to
create such a list with a little effort.


Craig Wilson:
> Every person now serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and
> the  U.S.   Senate,  as  well  as most of their more recent chal-
> lengers.  The Smithsonian Museums, St. Jude's Children  Hospital,
> Greenpeace,  Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, People for the Ameri-
> can Way, The National Rifle Association, EE Times, etc.

Actually it's kind of interesting to know that to a large  extent
the  whole  concept  of  direct (and directed) mass mailings ori-
ginated with the early fundraising efforts of Richard  Viguerie's
NCPAC  (National  Conservative  Political Action Committee).  Ap-
parently Viguerie got started by simply going  into  various  of-
fices  and copying names of registered Republicans from the voter
rolls.  This contained just the most basic information: name, ad-
dress,  fact  of  registering  Republican.  Over time, records of
contributions (frequency and amounts) begin to  play  a  role  in
management  of  the  fund-raising  campaign.   There are some in-
teresting books in the Cambridge (MA)  public  library  detailing
all this -- sorry, no titles.

Okay, so it doesn't *directly* answer Laird's  question:  I  just
thought it was interesting.

Ciao,
  Mike Zraly

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