Birds of a Feather

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"The rise of Tony Feather from congressional intern to successful lobbyist is a story of loyalty, of good deeds rewarded -- and of Republicans taking care of their own," the Washington Post writes. Feather is a partner at FLS-DCI [8], which provides direct-mail, telephone and grassroots lobbying for political parties, corporations, trade associations and others, and the up and coming DCI Group, a Washington lobbying shop with "a long list of clients paying $20,000 to $200,000 every six months." Feather is a registered lobbyist for Intel, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) [9], and Qualcomm. Feather counts as friends White House advisor Karl Rove [10], Secretary of Commerce Don Evans, and Joe Allbaugh, who heads New Bridge Strategies [11], a lobby firm focusing on Iraq reconstruction contracts. "In his role as a national political strategist, Feather has been on the cutting edge of a major shift in GOP tactics, moving away from placing the overwhelming emphasis on television, and shifting toward voter mobilization, local organization development -- the political terrain known as 'the ground war,' which is fast becoming the central thrust of the Republican Party and the Bush 2004 campaign," the Post writes.