Playbook 2012 (10 page)
Authors: Mike Allen
Saturday 22nd FL on travel
TBD TAMU vs. IA State—Ames, IA
5:00 PM Faith and Freedom—Des Moines
Sunday 23rd FL on travel
Hold
Monday 24th FL on travel
Hold
Tuesday 25th FL in SAT
Economic Speeches (SC/FL)
Kevlar/F-16
Rush Limbaugh? IA TeleTownhall
Ron Jacksonville
Wednesday 26th TBD AM Finance Breakfast—Jacksonville
12:00 PM Finance Lunch—MIA
TBD PM Finance Reception—Ft. Myers
5:30 PM Finance Reception—Sarasota
Ron Sarasota
Thursday 27th FL on travel
12:00 PM Finance Lunch—Little Rock
5:30 PM Finance Dinner—Lafayette
Ron Lafayette or NH
Friday 28th FL on travel
Political events (NH)
TBD McQuaid Interview—Manchester
6:00 PM Cornerstone Dinner—Manchester
Saturday 29th FL on travel
2:30 PM Missouri vs. TAMU—College Station
Political Events (NH)
Sunday 30th FL on travel
Hold
Monday 31st FL on travel
Halloween
Political Events (NV)
November 2011
Tuesday 1st FL on travel
Finance and Political Events (NV)
Wednesday 2nd FL on travel
Finance Events (CA)
Thursday 3rd FL on travel
12:00 PM Finance Lunch—Portland
Finance Events (OR/WA)
Friday 4th FL on travel
8:30 AM Haircut
7:00 PM Reagan Day Dinner—Des Moines
Ron Des Moines
Saturday 5th FL on Travel
TBD—TAMU vs. OU—Norman, OK
Deer Opener
8:00 AM Political Event—Des Moines
Sunday 6th
29th Wedding Anniversary
Daylight Saving Time Ends
Hold
Monday 7th 12:00 PM Finance Lunch—Raleigh
5:30 PM Finance Reception—Greenville, SC
Ron Greenville, SC
Tuesday 8th
Election Day
Hold
Wednesday 9th 9:30 AM Eric Cantor Meeting
TBD PM CNBC Debate—Rochester, MI
Thursday 10th 5:30 PM Finance Reception—Nashville
Ron TBD, NH
Friday 11th
Veterans Day
State Holiday
Political Events (NH)
Ron TBD, NH
Saturday 12th TBD TAMU vs. K State—Manhattan, KS
Political Events (NH)
Sunday 13th Hold
Monday 14th Political Events (IA)
6:00 PM Reagan Day Dinner—Davenport
Ron Davenport, IA
Tuesday 15th Finance Events (IL)
9:00 AM Pastors and Pews—Des Moines
12:00 PM Finance Lunch—Omaha
Wednesday 16th Finance Events (OH)
Thursday 17th TBD AM Finance Breakfast—Biloxi
TBD PM Finance Lunch—Jackson
TBD PM Finance Oil and Gas Round Table—Jackson
TBD PM Finance Reception (prior to LSU game)—Oxford
Ron TBD, NH
Friday 18th FL
Billy Pickard Event—College Station
Political Events (NH)
TBD PM Fed Law Enforcement Foundation—NYC
Ron NYC
Saturday 19th 2:30 PM Kansas vs. TAMU—College Station
Political Events (IA)
Gov. Branstad Birthday Party—Des Moines
IA Family Leader Debate—Des Moines
Sunday 20th Hold
Monday 21st Finance and Political Events (FL)
Tuesday 22nd Finance and Political Events (FL)
Wednesday 23rd Hold
Thursday 24th
Thanksgiving
State Holiday
7:00 PM UT vs. TAMU—College Station
Friday 25th
State Holiday
Saturday 26th Hold
Sunday 27th
Joseph Thigpen’s Birthday
Hold
Monday 28th Political Events (NH)
Tuesday 29th Finance Events (DC/NY)
Wednesday 30th Hold
December 2011
Thursday 1st CNN Debate- Arizona
Friday 2nd 8:30 AM Haircut
Political Events (IA)
Saturday 3rd Hold
Sunday 4th (TLW) Hold
Monday 5th Hold
Tuesday 6th 9:30 AM Finance Breakfast—San Antonio
12:15 PM Finance Lunch—Houston
5:30 PM Finance Reception—Corpus Christi
Wednesday 7th Finance Events (CA)
Thursday 8th Finance Events (CA)
Political Events (NV/IA)
Friday 9th Political Events (IA)
Saturday 10th ABC/IA GOP Debate—Des Moines
Hold per FL
TBD PM Katherine Griffith and Kasey Ratliff Wedding—Dallas
Sunday 11th (KMF) Hold
Monday 12th Hold
Tuesday 13th 9:30 AM Finance Breakfast—Southlake
12:00 PM Finance Lunch—Plano
5:30 PM Finance Dinner—Dallas
Wednesday 14th Finance and Political Events (FL)
Thursday 15th Finance and Political Events (FL)
5:30 PM Finance Dinner—Naples
Friday 16th Political Events (SC)
Saturday 17th Political Events (NH)
Sunday 18th (TLW)
Emily Solis’ Birthday
Hold
Monday 19th
Griffin and Meredith 2nd Anniversary
Political Events (IA)
Tuesday 20th Finance Events and Political Events (IA)
Wednesday 21st
Hanukkah
Finance Events and Political Events (NH)
Thursday 22nd
Hanukkah
Finance Events
Friday 23rd
Hanukkah
Hold
Saturday 24th
Christmas Eve
Hanukkah
Hold
Sunday 25th (KMF)
Christmas
Hanukkah
Hold
Monday 26th
Hanukkah
Hold
Tuesday 27th
Hanukkah
Hold
Wednesday 28th
Hanukkah
Political Events (IA)
Thursday 29th Finance Events
Friday 30th Political Events (IA)
Saturday 31st
New Year’s Eve
FEC Filing Date
Hold
Mike Allen is the chief White House correspondent for POLITICO. He comes to us from
Time
magazine, where he was White House correspondent. Prior to that, Allen spent six years at
The Washington Post
, where he covered President George W. Bush’s first term, Capitol Hill, campaign finance, and the Bush, Gore, and Bradley campaigns of 2000. Before turning to national politics, he covered schools and local governments in rural counties outside Fredericksburg, Virginia, for
The Free Lance-Star
, then wrote about Doug Wilder, Oliver North, Chuck Robb, and the Bobbitts for the
Richmond Times-Dispatch
, where he nurtured police sources on overnight ride-alongs through housing projects. Allen also covered New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, the Connecticut statehouse, and the wacky rich of Greenwich for
The New York Times
. Before moving to the
Times
, he did stints in the Richmond and Alexandria bureaus of
The Washington Post
. Allen grew up in Orange County, California, and has a BA from Washington and Lee University, where he majored in politics and journalism.
Evan Thomas is the author of seven books:
The Wise Men
(with Walter Isaacson), 1986;
The Man to See
, 1991;
The Very Best Men
, 1995;
Robert Kennedy
, 1999;
John Paul Jones
, 2003;
Sea of Thunder
, 2006; and
The War Lovers
, 2010.
John Paul Jones
and
Sea of Thunder
were
New York Times
bestsellers.
He was an editor and writer at
Time
from 1977 to 1986. He went to
Newsweek
in 1986 as Washington bureau chief, a job he held until 1996. In 1991 he was made assistant managing
editor of
Newsweek
and editor at large in 2007. He has written more than a hundred cover stories for
Newsweek
. He retired in October 2010. In 1999 he won a National Magazine Award for writing articles on the Monica Lewinsky scandal. He wrote
Newsweek
’s election special project in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008. The 2008 project won a National Magazine Award.
He is currently Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton on a seven-year appointment. He has taught journalism and writing at Harvard and Princeton.
He is a regular panelist on the syndicated public affairs TV show
Inside Washington
.
He is a graduate of Harvard and the University of Virginia Law School.