[EL] The enemies list, then and now

Mon Jul 23 06:45:59 PDT 2012

I'm not sure why it would be easier to do a favor than inflict a harm. I'd
think an awful lot depends on whether the elected official (and/or their
loyal staff) is in the executive branch or the legislative branch (or both,
as municipal officials often effectively are), but in some ways it can even
be easier to punish your enemies. If you want to reward your friends in
building a new prison, you have to steer the contract to one specific
person/company, which can be tricky in a competitive bidding process. But if
you just want to make sure that one specific company/person doesn't get the
contract, it's a lot easier to simply write the bid requirements in such a
way that your enemy doesn't even qualify to bid.

Sean Parnell

President

Impact Policy Management, LLC

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Alexandria, VA  22315

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sean at impactpolicymanagement.com

From: Jeff Hauser [mailto:jeffhauser at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 9:37 AM
To: Sean Parnell
Cc: david.l.epstein at gmail.com; JBoppjr at aol.com; law-election at uci.edu
Subject: Re: [EL] The enemies list, then and now

I think part of the idea is that it's much easier to do favors for donors
than it is to have career staff in the IRS wreck partisan havoc
unwarrantedly without engendering real risk of a whistleblower emerging.

BTW, I'd like to think all of the people worrying about revenge are big
supporters of Grassley and others in the bipartisan community that support
plaintiff's lawsuits to encourage whistle-blowing.

On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Sean Parnell
<sean at impactpolicymanagement.com> wrote:

Stepping back from the question of whether there is or is not currently any
sort of 'enemies list,' I have to say I find it fascinating that the
'reform' community perspective is apparently that elected officials will
trip over themselves rushing to satisfy the whims of their $2,500 donors,
but couldn't possibly be bothered to take any action against people spending
millions to defeat them.

Sean Parnell

President

Impact Policy Management, LLC

6411 Caleb Court

Alexandria, VA  22315

571-289-1374 (c)

sean at impactpolicymanagement.com

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[mailto:law-election-bounces at department-lists.uci.edu] On Behalf Of David
Epstein
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 9:09 AM
To: JBoppjr at aol.com
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Subject: Re: [EL] The enemies list, then and now

This is it? Seriously? After reading the column, I see that someone
(presumably wealthy) who donated money to Romney has been audited. I also
see that an Obama "campaign website" listed some donors along with
aspersions on their characters, but (tellingly), there is no link provided
to this website. If someone has the link, I'd be happy to follow that too,
but my guess is that it wasn't published by the actual Obama campaign.

Pretty thin gruel, definitely on the level of internet urban legends rather
than actual news.

On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 8:59 AM,  < <mailto:JBoppjr at aol.com>
JBoppjr at aol.com> wrote:

> Click here: The enemies list, then and now | Power Line

> 

>     Interesting story about harassment of contributors triggered by 

> the Obama campaign.

> 

>     Opps, on second thought, don't read, we have been authoritatively 

> told that this does not happen. Jim Bopp

> 

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