A political player is a participant in politics who has or is perceived to have influence or power, although usually on a smaller level than a global power elite. The phrase may refer to an individual who is a candidate or elected or appointed official,[1] but more commonly refers to someone who is not in office but still wields power or influence, such as a lobbyist,[2] a fundraiser[3] or contributor,[4] a whistleblower,[5] a political consultant,[6] a labor union[7] or labor leader,[8] a corporation,[9] or even an entire industry.[10] More recently, with the rise of the Internet, web-based groups such as Moveon.org and online organizations, like ActBlue, have become political players as well.[11]
References
edit- ^ Zillah Eisenstein, Hillary's War, Ithaca College, October 2006, retrieved Dec. 12, 2007
- ^ M. Kamdar, Forget the Israel Lobby. The Hill's Next Big Player Is Made in India. Washington Post, Sept. 30, 2007, p. B03, retrieved Jan. 31, 2008
- ^ S. Kulkarni & G. Graff, Fundraiser Headliners Familiar Faces To Thompson, July 31, 2007 (listing attendees at a Fred Thompson $1000/plate event)
- ^ Lee Davidson and Bob Bernick Jr., Handful give lots of $$: Top 10 political donors have big impact in Utah, Deseret Morning News, May 22, 2006, retrieved 02-09-2008
- ^ Blago whistleblower: Scrap health planning board, 5-6-2009 Archived 2009-05-09 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved May 8, 2009
- ^ R. Sklar, I See Your Markos Moulitsas, And I Raise You a...KARL ROVE?, Huffington Post, 11-15-2007, retrieved on 02-09-2008
- ^ "D. Corn, Hillary Gets a Bad Deal in Vegas--and Is Right To Complain, davidcorn.com, -1-14-2008". Archived from the original on 2008-01-18. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
- ^ Breslau, Rose Ann DeMoro: Labor Leader & Political Player, Originally published in MORE magazine, September 2006[permanent dead link], retrieved Dec. 12, 2007
- ^ The Search for Influence: Google Becomes a Political Player[usurped] accessed Dec. 12, 2007
- ^ J. Abraham, The pharmaceutical industry as a political player, The Lancet, Volume 360, Issue 9344, Pages 1498-1502, retrieved Dec. 12, 2007
- ^ "Dan Morain, ActBlue makes giving easy, and it's become a major political player, Los Angeles Times, March 11, 2007, p. A21". Archived from the original on December 12, 2007. Retrieved December 12, 2007.
 | This article about a political term is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |