Ed Gillespie

Edward Gillespie (born 1962) is an American conservative Republican political lobbyist. Most notably, he was selected by President George W. Bush to be Chairman of the Republican National Committee, where he remained from July 2003 to January 2005, when he was replaced by Bush campaign manager Ken Mehlman.

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1962 - American - Conservative - Republican - Lobbyist - George W. Bush - Republican National Committee - July - 2003 - January - 2005 - Campaign manager - Ken Mehlman

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Gillespie is founder of Quinn Gillespie & Associates, a conservative lobbying firm that provides strategic advice, public relations services, and government representation to corporations, trade associations and issue-based coalitions. The firm's clients included Enron and Microsoft, which paid the firm $1.2 million between 2001 and 2003. After his term as RNC chairman expired, Gillespie returned to the firm. According to a survey of journalists by The New Republic about anonymous sources "close to the White House," "almost everyone agrees that, if the veil of anonymity were magically lifted from all White House coverage, Gillespie would be the single most frequently cited source."http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?pt=tujNKJBJ6GYxXlH%2FAML5EG%3D%3D As a result, his statements are often important in news stories about the Bush administration.

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Lobbying - Public relations - Corporation - Enron - Microsoft - The New Republic - White House

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