Subject: RE: consultant code of ethics
From: "Begala, Paul" <[email-masked]>
To: "Susan McCue" <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
Cc: "JohnPodesta" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:03:28 -0500

Oh, definitely.  I can't face our funders if I couldn't tell them we're using their money to change the country rather than enrich media consultants.

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From: Susan McCue [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Thu 11/29/2007 5:00 PM
To: Begala, Paul; [email-masked]
Cc: JohnPodesta
Subject: RE: consultant code of ethics

Yeah -- They've all made boatloads.  So do we wanna adopt this for the indie campaign?  fine by me.  

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From: Begala, Paul [mailto:[email-masked]] 
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 4:55 PM
To: [email-masked]; Susan McCue
Cc: JohnPodesta
Subject: RE: consultant code of ethics

As Tom knows from our conversations, I am a strong supporter of this proposal.  And if that means we don't work with some of the big-name, big-dollar admakers, I consider that an added bonus.  

I am nauseated by the notion that Shrum has a villa in Tuscany while young soldiers are bleeding in Iraq because of his goddam incompetence.

Paul

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From: [email-masked] on behalf of Tom Matzzie
Sent: Thu 11/29/2007 4:31 PM
To: Susan McCue
Cc: JohnPodesta; Begala, Paul
Subject: Re: consultant code of ethics

We'd offer a flat fee for each ad made. What it does is opens the
market to a new generation of ad creators who want to come up with
bigger ideas and make a name for themselves. It takes financial
considerations out of strategic planning. I agree there is a risk we
lose some of the bigger talents who only want to work for a big
commission but maybe we don't need them. The donors really despise
paying commissions to media consultants for cut and paste advertising.
That is what I'm trying to address here.

On Nov 29, 2007 4:17 PM, Susan McCue <[email-masked]> wrote:
> It's good but I imagine the media consultant graf is DOA with a lot of
> folks.  If the party cmts won't sign, not sure how to advance.  Will
> mull it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email-masked] [mailto:[email-masked]] On Behalf Of Tom
> Matzzie
>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 7:34 PM
> To: JohnPodesta; Susan McCue; Begala, Paul
> Subject: Fwd: consultant code of ethics
>
> John, Susan, Paul-
>
> any thoughts on the attached? this is something that SEIU and MoveOn
> had tried to get going earlier in the year but the Party committees
> weren't willing to sign on.
>
> -Tom
>