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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd suggest recommending your political meet the folks superior to your contacts. S/he is your superior right? So shouldn't have time nor desire to work with your contacts. So tell him/her you'd be happy to set up meetings with the bosses of your contacts - who are his/her natural counterparts. The bosses will likely have their own set of issues to work on, which will prevent your boss from going to them with every little thing.[/quote]

9/4 20:23 here,

OP said same GS level, so it would help to know if they are peers or not.  I agree that OP doesn't want to alienate or be secretive.  But also have to walk a line to try to avoid (delicately) handing off enough that he political can usurp OP's portfolio and then try to burrow in.  I saw any number of those mopes from both parties who were not particularly stellar but took up space & oxygen.  But yes, OP does not want to alienate and risk a trip to Siberia, while remembering that (usually) no good deed goes unpunished.[/quote]

The Obama administration isn't allowing burrowing in. That was rife in the bush administration but they have cracked down on it. Now everyone who has been a political in the last five years has to get Pom approval to be shifted to a career position, even a totally unrelated one applied to via usajobs.

Also, the administration is keeping politicals' salaries low - there is a salary freeze- so the gs level may not be reflective of the level of position.

Op, the political is probably just struggling to find a role for himself. There is maybe a thirty percent chance he is a jerk, but otherwise he probably just wants to make sure he has something decent to do and is earning his paycheck. This is a common political/ career tension. The careers get turfy when they usually don't need to be because they feel threatened.

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