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Mack: Corporate lobbying fails unless companies mobilize local constituents
“In the political process, companies advocating for themselves have very little power, self-interested, not very sympathetic. You have to find a way to make that connection with the constituents, and unless you can do that in a meaningful way, you're not going …”
Mack: Political consultants prioritize relationships with electeds over paying clients
“The most important thing you remember though about the policy folks, God bless them all, is they have two clients. One client are the folks that are Paying them and engaging with them, so that would be us. The other client, and perhaps more valuable, always mo…”
Mack: Companies should split government relations into policy and public affairs
“You should have your policy team that owns the relationships with elected officials. Negotiates the final details of what the law will be, and then you'd have a public affairs team, which is building the campaign and the atmosphere around those negotiations in…”