Political capital llc ****************************CONFIDENTIAL**************************** Memorandum FOR: Karl Rove TO: From: Julie Kram Alexandra Preate Michael Tew Date: August 30, 2004 Re: Gotham’s Grand Old Party Advance Memorandum ________________________________________________________________________ Event: Location: Time: Attendance: Gotham’s Grand Old Party Gotham Hall 1356 Broadway at 36th Street New York City 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm 1,300 guests SPECIAL GUEST: Michael Reagan Radio Show Live on Radio America (taping 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm) HOST COMMITTEE: American Conservative Union Americans for Tax Reform Center for Jewish Values Committee for Western Civilization Congress of Racial Equality Crisis Magazine Galen Institute Human Events Institute for Policy Innovation Manhattan Institute Radio America The American Spectator The Fund for American Studies The Heritage Foundation David Keane Grover Norquist Jeff Ballabon Elaine and Bob Schadler Niger Innis Cortes DeRussy Grace-Marie Turner Tom Winter Tom Giovanetti Lawrence Mone James Roberts R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. Randy Teague Bridgett Wagner CONTACT: Alexandra V. Preate Michael A. Tew 917.748.6537 cell 917.669.7473 cell LOCATION DIAGRAM: EVENT TIMELINE: 5:30 pm 6:00 pm 7:19 pm 7:25 pm 7:30 pm 7:33 pm 7:40 pm 7:45 pm 8:30 pm 9:00 pm Event begins Reagan Show begins National Anthem Ken Blackwell Introduce M. Reagan Michael Reagan on stage Michael Reagan speaks Introduce Mr. Rove Karl Rove speaks Karl Rove escorted to Michael Reagan Program by Alexandra Preate Party ends Radio broadcast ends *Private Room: The “Oak Room” is a designated private room for Mr. Rove. *Pfizer is the primary sponsor of this event, which is confidential. *Dr. Hank McKinnell will be in attendance. Cabinet Members in Attendance Secretary Alphonso Jackson Secretary Gale Norton Secretary Anthony Principi United States Senators in Attendance Senator Sam Brownback Senator Norm Coleman Senator Larry Craig Senator Bill Frist Senator Lindsay Graham Senator Don Nickels Governors in Attendance Governor Haley Barbour Governor Ernie Fletcher Governor Frank Murkowski Governor Bill Owens Governor Mitt Romney Page 2 Other VIPs Ambassador Daniel Ayalon (Israeli Ambassador to the United States) The Honorable Ken Blackwell (Ohio Secretary of State) Ed Gillespie Ambassador Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger (German Ambassador to the United States) Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele (Maryland) The Honorable Randy Daniels (Secretary of State, New York) Congressman in Attendance Congressman J. Gresham Barret Congressman Henry Brown Congressman Michael Burgess Congressman Steve Buyer Congressman Chris Cannon Congressman Howard Coble Congressman Tom Davis Congressman David Drier Congressman Jennifer Dunn Congressman Mike Ferguson Congressman Jeff Flake Congressman Mark Foley Congressman Randi Forbes Congressman Scott Garrett Congressman Bob Goodlatte Congressman Kay Granger Congressman Melissa Hart Congressman Jeb Hensarling Congressman Duncan Hunter Congressman Darrell Issa Congressman Ernest Istook Congressman Jack Kingston Congressman Jeff Miller Congressman Marilyn Musgrave Congressman Mike Pence Congressman Joseph Pitts Congressman Jack Quinn Congressman George Radanovich Congressman Harold Rogers Congressman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Congressman Ed Royce Congressman Jim Ryun Congressman Pete Sessions Congressman Cliff Stearns Congressman John Sweeney Congressman Bill Thomas Congressman Mike Turner Congressman Fred Upton Congressman Dave Welden Page 3 Members of the Media Phil Barry Paul Bedard Tom Bednarek Peter Beinart Ian Bishop Shelly Blanchette Myrna Blyth Gena Brinkley Katherine Brosseau Patrick Buchanan Elisabeth Burdot Jerry Burke David Burrows Melissa.Charbonneau Alicia Colon Rita Cosby Ann Coulter Elizabeth Crowley Blanquita Cullum Mark Cunningham Lisa DePaulo Ann Donovan Terry Eastland Jessica Echard Danny Finkelstein Aaron Finley David Freddoso David Frum John Fund Brian Gaffney Robert George John Gizzi Jonah Goldberg Lucianne Goldberg Amanda Gordon Gregory Gorman Fred Green Jeff Green Lloyd Grove Stef Halper Mark Halperin Laurie Heifetz Boris Johnson Victoria Jones Refet Kaplan WPAT AM U.S. News Magazine FOX News The New Republic New York Post Talk Radio News Service National Review Online ABC News FOX News MSNBC RTBF TV (Belgium) FOX News FUSE CBN News The New York Sun FOX News Human Events Wall Street Journal Radio America New York Post Vanity Fair Talk Radio News Service Weekly Standard Eagle Forum The Times (UK) The Washington Times Human Events National Review Wall Street Journal FOX News New York Post Human Events National Review Lucianne.com New York Sun Talk Radio News Service Lifestyles Magazine YES Network New York Daily News Author, “America Alone”; Nightline will shadow him ABC News New York Post The Spectator (UK) Talk Radio News Service FOX News Page 4 Members of the Media (cont’d) Roger Kimball Melanie Kirkpatrick Noah Kotch Larry Kudlow Mark Lasswell Connie Lawn Kathryn Jean Lopez Richard Lowry Carole Marks Greg Marsh Dorothy McCartney Steve McDonnell Rich McFadden Robert McManus Margaret Menge Martha Montelongo Anne Michaud Eli Miller John Miller Deroy Murdock Dane Neal Brenda Notini Meredith Orbin James Paterno Tom Phillips Ramesh Ponnuru Ellen Ratner Lizzy Ratner Tara Rosenblum Christopher Rovzar George Rush George Russel William Safire Tony Sayegh Michael Scherer Adam Sharon Eric Shawn Joyce Singer Mark Simone Ira Stoll James Taranto Karen Tumulty R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. Thomas Winter Byron York New Criterion Wall Street Journal Good Morning America CNBC Wall Street Journal Audio Video News National Review National Review Talk Radio News Service Channel 12 News (Long Island, NY affiliate) National Review National Catholic Register Radio America Associate New York Post U.S. News & World Report KION Radio The Crain's Insider Talk Radio News Service National Review Scripps Howard News Service Chicago's AM 1530 Talk Radio News Service FOX News New Criterion Human Events National Review Talk Radio News Service New York Observer Channel 12 News (Long Island, NY affiliate) New York Daily News New York Daily News FOX News New York Times Channel 12 News (Long Island, NY affiliate) Mother Jones; will shadow Grover Norquist Talk Radio News Service FOX News Talk Radio News Service New York One The New York Sun Wall Street Journal Time Magazine American Spectator Human Events National Review Page 5