IP: Reed's Enron lobbying plans exposed [ a remarkable true quote of how to have impact in DC"

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

" For a $380,000 fee, the conservative political strategist proposed a broad
lobbying strategy that included using major campaign contributors,
conservative talk shows and nonprofits to press Congress for favorable
legislation. Reed said he could place letters from community leaders in the
opinion pages of major newspapers, producing clips that Reed would "blast
fax" to Capitol Hill. "We are a loyal member of your team and are prepared
to do whatever fits your strategic plan," Reed wrote in an Oct. 23, 2000,
memo obtained by The Washington Post. "In public policy," he wrote, "it
matters less who has the best arguments and more who gets heard -- and by
whom."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22380-2002Feb16.html

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