[danberger]

You are wrong. I used to work for a very senior Member of Congress. First of all, as the politician, you never pick up the phone. Your interns or Staff Assistants do so.

Second, staff talks to each other all the time (they work in a bullpen like setting) so they are always aware of the issues that are reaching the office, especially if it happens in volumes. Interns report these calls to their managers, especially since they have to ask for instructions on how to deal with them.

Finally, any staff member worth her salt will write a memo to the principal to inform them of such campaigns.

[rhizome]

What happens when one of these campaigns continues after the principal has been informed of its existence? What if it continues for weeks?