Word: coelho
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...less clear how Reagan will interpret the new political alignment. California Democratic Congressman Tony Coelho recalls that in Reagan's second term as Governor, when the Democrats took control of the legislature, Reagan moderated his policies in order to pass some far-reaching bipartisan initiatives. Says Coelho: "He'll be forced to do the same in Congress." Indeed, the accommodation he reached with the House leadership last August on the $99 billion tax hike illustrates that he can compromise. As the President said the day after the elections: "The truth of the matter is, we've had some mid-season...
Like spending, negative campaigning this year reached heights not experienced in a long time. "It was the worst I've seen in 18 years in politics," says Tony Coelho, chairman of the Democratic congressional campaign committee. One reason is that candidates have more money to hire consultants and admen who will search out, or if necessary invent, flaws in an opponent's record and then craft ads that will magnify and distort them...
...Democrats are offering no alternatives, the Republicans will do well. But many strategists were saying last week that they sense a Republican Waterloo, with blue-collar workers joining the jobless and the worried in returning to the Democratic fold. "The fear factor is still there," says Representative Tony Coelho of California, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. "It's there with those who fear their job is next." Says Nancy Sinnott of the National Republican Congressional Committee: "Unemployment may be hurting us more than we thought...
...Reaganomics is the issue between now and November," says Congressman Tony Coelho, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Richard Bond of the Republican National Committee concurs: "This election will measure the President's popularity and the continued acceptance of his economic agenda...
...least one prominent Democrat admits that this line might indeed lessen the large gains in congressional representation that his party had hoped to win. Says Tony Coelho, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: "Now there is a psychological uplift to those who are not unemployed or facing bankruptcy. If the psychology of fear is reversed, then people will listen to the Republican message. We will still pick up seats, but not as many." Most estimates, including Coelho's, cluster around a Democratic gain often to 15 seats in the House, not particularly impressive for the opposition party...