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Tag: Karmanos

The Inside Pitch: Cox announces big names on Business and Advisory Committee

By Nick, Section News
Posted on Tue Apr 14, 2009 at 12:08:09 PM EST
Tags: Inside Pitch, Cox, Granholm, 2010, Karmanos (all tags)

Time for a little more "inside baseball." Yesterday the Cox 2010 Exploratory Committee announced the formation and membership of what it is calling a "Business and Finance Advisory Committee."

Political campaigns are chock full of committees. You've got the "kitchen cabinet," you've got the traditional "finance committee" that raises your cash, you've got advisory panels on this and on that. They're a great way of bringing together disparate personalities and experiences to ensure the formation of sound policy and, more than that, they can often offer some pretty interesting insights into a candidate's appeal across a variety of spectrums.

With a business and finance committee like this, getting an individual to lend his or her good name to your campaign is invaluable.

Cox scored a couple of coups and his committee is flat out impressive. I've posted the full list below the break but a few additional notes that pop on first read:

*James Barrett is one of the most respected business voices in the state. In many ways he is the first person many campaigns would approach and attempt to recruit. He is a big "get" in the GOP field.

*Republican National Committeeman Keith Butler has apparently joined the Cox team. His opposite number, Holly Hughes, is yet to publicly lend her name to any campaign.

*Michael Kojaian was a big-time Bush guy in 2004. David Trott was a big-time McCain guy in 2008. Two different portions of the Party coming together in this way is worth noting.

*Peter Karmanos is a wildly successful businessman and philanthropist who is widely respected by both Republicans and Democrats... and has worked with both.

*Former Rep. Glenn Steil is now a successful west Michigan businessman and works with 2002 gubernatorial candidate Dick Posthumus here in the Grand Rapids area.

Those last two surprised me the most and are, in their own ways, pretty big deals. At least as far as any member of a Business and Finance Advisory Committee can be a big deal.

Full list below the break...

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