Obama's Former Communications Director's Firm Does PR For Keystone XL Pipeline... (Anita Dunn)

Obama's Former Communications Director's Firm Does PR For Keystone XL Pipeline... (Anita Dunn)
Obama's Former Communications Director's Firm Does PR For Keystone XL Pipeline... (Anita Dunn)
desmogblog.com ^ | 5/3/2013 | Steve Horn 
Posted on 5/29/2013 12:24:33 PM by bronxville
Full title: Obama's Former Communications Director's Firm Does PR For Keystone XL Pipeline, Tar Sands Rail Transport
"Keystone XL: Dunn's Obama/Kerry Connections Portend a Dunn and Done Scenario
Dunn has maximized her White House insider access status since leaving the Administration in 2009 and starting SKDK.
"Dunn regularly attends closed-door political strategy briefings with top Obama aides; White House records show she has visited more than 100 times since leaving her communications job," the Oct. 2012 New York Times piece explained. "She is now serving as a paid adviser to the Democratic National Committee."
Dunn's husband Robert "Bob" Bauer also maintains extremely close ties to the Obama Administration, serving as Obama's personal and political attorney.
"Bauer also will play that role for Obama’s new political network, Organizing for America, and the Democratic National Committee, which is administering the network," explained a Feb. 2009 article in Politico, "Bauer's new, unmatched legal power."
In Nov. 2009, Obama named Bauer White House Counsel, a job he left in June 2011 to return to his private practice at Perkins Coie, "focusing on serving as general counsel to the President’s reelection campaign, general counsel to the Democratic National Committee and personal lawyer to President Obama," according to the Perkins Coie website.
SKDK's Bill Knapp, described by the New York Observer's Ben Smith (now Editor-in-Chief of BuzzFeed) as "one of the Democratic Party’s most sought-after operatives" helped develop the media strategy and advertising" for Kerry for President 2004 that culminated with a defeat to George W. Bush, while Bauer worked as legal Counsel for Kerry's campaign. Furthermore, Dunn served as Communications Director from 1987-1990 for then-U.S. Sen. Kerry. The Kerry-lead State Department has the final say on whether the KXL north proposal becomes a reality.
As icing on the cake, numerous TransCanada lobbyists have passed through the government-industry revolving door, entering both executive-level agencies and President Obama's inner-circle.
Brandon Pollak, served as Deputy National Director of Grassroots Fundraising for the Kerry for President 2004 campaign. Broderick Johnson went from lobbying for TransCanada to becoming Obama's senior campaign advisor for his 2012 race against Republican Mitt Romney.
With all of these lobbyists using their ties to the White House and State Department, it looks as if the KXL decision is already a checkmate, Dunn and done scenario."... http://www.desmogblog.com/2013/05/03/obama-anita-dunn-public-relations-keystone-xl-pipeline-tar-sands-rail-transport