Big Oil

At Least 22 Top McCain Advisers & Fundraisers Have Lobbied For Big Oil

McCain's Big Oil Lobbyists

Rebecca Anderson
Women for McCain Steering Committee
Williams & Jensen
Sunoco

Wayne Berman
National Finance Co-Chairman
Ogilvy Government Relations
Amerada Hess Chevron Texaco American Petroleum Institute

Charlie Black
Senior Political Adviser
BKSH
Occidental Petroleum Corp. Yukos Oil Chinese National Off-Shore Oil Corp.

Carlos Bonilla*
Economic Adviser
Washington Group
Chesapeake Energy

Eric Burgeson**
Fundraiser
Barbour Griffith & Rogers
BP

Kerry Cammack
Fundraiser
Cammack and Strong
Exxon Mobil

Frank Donatelli
McCain Pick as Deputy RNC Chair
McGuire Woods
Exxon Mobil Dominion Resources

Melissa Edwards
Fundraiser
Washington Group
Chesapeake Energy

John Green
Congressional Liaison
Ogilvy Government Relations
Amerada-Hess Chevon Texaco El Paso Energy American Petroleum Institute

Robert Harding
Fundraiser
Greenberg Traurig
Chevron Murphy Oil Phillips Petroleum Company***

Richard Hohlt
Fundraiser
Hohlt and Associates
Chevron

James "Jim" Hyland
Fundraiser
Pennsylvania Avenue Group
BP America Independent Fuel Terminal Operators Assoc. Occidental Petroleum Corp.

Peter Madigan
Fundraiser
Johnson, Madigan, Peck, Boland & Stewart
Shell Oil

Susan Molinari
Women for McCain Steering Committee
Washington Group
Chesapeake Energy

Jack Oliver
Fundraiser
Bryan Cave Strategies
Shell Oil

Nancy Pfotenhauer
Adviser
Koch Industries
Koch Industries

Steve Phillips
Fundraiser
DLA Piper
BP America Occidental Petroleum

Elise Pickering
Women for McCain Steering Committee
Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti
Koch Industries

Sloan Rappoport
Fundraiser
Downey McGrath Group
Koch Industries

Matt Salmon
Fundraiser
Greenberg Traurig
El Paso Energy

Randy Scheunemann
Defense and Foreign Policy Coordinator
Scheunemann and Associates
BP Amoco

Jeffrey Weiss
Fundraiser
BKSH
Yukos Oil Company


Did you ever wonder why Republicans always give big Tax Breaks to Oil Companies?

Well you don't have to wonder any longer.

Maybe part of those high gas prices are paying for McCain's Attack Ads.