1. INFLUENCING POLICY
Scott Miller
4/2/15

2. GET ONE OF THESE

4. 100,000
LOBBYISTS IN WASHINGTON

5. GET THIS AND THIS

6. BRING LOTS OF THESE
$9 BILLION SPEND ON LOBBYING

7. TAKE A NUMBER

8. BUT NOT 1-50. THEY’RE TAKEN
1% 99% Tom Cotton (R-Ark)
36 Railroads $7,203,708 36% 64% Bill
Shuster (R-Pa)
37 Telephone Utilities $6,973,268 43%
57% Ed Markey (D-Mass)
38 Agricultural Svcs $6,890,301 27%
73% Thad Cochran (R-Miss)
39 Industrial Unions $6,631,531 96%
4% Gary Peters (D-Mich)
40 Candidate Cmtes $6,543,446 61%
39% Ron Barber (D-Ariz)
41 Food Process/Sales $6,378,347
32% 68% John Boehner (R-Ohio)
42 Building Materials $6,079,539 20%
80% John Boehner (R-Ohio)
43 Casinos/Gambling $5,977,823 52%
48% Joe Heck (R-Nev)
44 Defense Electronics $5,934,428
40% 60% Thad Cochran (R-Miss)
45 Misc Defense $5,857,692 40% 60%
Thad Cochran (R-Miss)
46 Mining $5,798,481 8% 92% John
Boehner (R-Ohio)
47 Chemicals $5,767,975 29% 71%
John Boehner (R-Ohio)

9. GET CREDIBLE SCIENTISTS
AND SCIENTIFIC FACTS

10. OH, NEVER MIND
YOUR CREDIBLE SCIENTIST THEIR CREDIBLE SCIENTIST

11. AND FORGET ABOUT THE MEDIA:
from WeNeedSmith.com:
“Biased and slanted coverage by the
media and press are a fundamental part
of the problem with our political system”
81%-16% (all voters)

12. IDEA:
USE SLICK BRAND MARKETING

13. IDEA:
GLOBAL WARMING

14. IDEA:
GLOBAL STUFFED CRUST PIZZA WARMING

15. MAKE PEOPLE GIVE A SHIT
Seriousness of U.S. Energy Situation
% Very serious
1977
43%
2015
28%

16. INFLUENCING POLICY
Scott Miller
4/2/15

17. CHANGE THE STRATEGY
CHANGE THE DIALOGUE

18. LEFT RIGHT
(America)

19. LEARN TO THINK, PLAN AND ACT
LIKE AN INSURGENT

20. INSURGENT PRINCIPLES
• DO THE DOABLE
• USE CHANGE TO GET CONTROL OF THE
DIALOGUE
• MOVE THE MOVABLE
• GET COMFORTABLE WITH DISCOMFORT
• TAKE WHAT THEY GIVE YOU
• NEVER FIGHT THE BATTLE ON THEIR
BATTLEFIELD

21. INSURGENT PRINCIPLES
• DO THE DOABLE

22. INSURGENT PRINCIPLES
• DO THE DOABLE
• USE CHANGE TO GET CONTROL OF THE
DIALOGUE

23. INSURGENT PRINCIPLES
• DO THE DOABLE
• USE CHANGE TO GET CONTROL OF THE
DIALOGUE
• MOVE THE MOVABLE

24. HO SO UNDECIDED SS HS

25. HO SO UNDECIDED SS HS

26. HO SO UNDECIDED SS HS

27. HO SO UNDECIDED SS HS

28. “You can buy those votes, but they
don’t stay bought.”
- Dan Rostenkowski

29. INSURGENT PRINCIPLES
• DO THE DOABLE
• USE CHANGE TO GET CONTROL OF THE
DIALOGUE
• MOVE THE MOVABLE

30. INSURGENT PRINCIPLES
• DO THE DOABLE
• USE CHANGE TO GET CONTROL OF THE
DIALOGUE
• MOVE THE MOVABLE
• GET COMFORTABLE WITH DISCOMFORT

31. INSURGENT PRINCIPLES
• DO THE DOABLE
• USE CHANGE TO GET CONTROL OF THE
DIALOGUE
• MOVE THE MOVABLE
• GET COMFORTABLE WITH DISCOMFORT
• TAKE WHAT THEY GIVE YOU

32. “There were two hits in the fight.
I hit him, and he hit the floor.”
-- Muhammad Ali