Word: coelho
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Edwin Steffe's real-life counterpart, complain that the Republicans and their New York agency (Korey, Kay & Partners) have stretched the bounds of truth too far even for a political advertisement. Harrumphs O'Neill: "Better for whom? It's only better for the wealthy." Congressman Tony Coelho of California, chairman of the House Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, correctly points out that the current recession began six months after Reagan took office. The Democrats, who do not have the money for a similar campaign of their own, threatened that they may demand free time for a rebuttal...
...G.O.P. dreams are fading quickly. Michigan Congressman Guy Vander Jagt, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, still predicts that up to ten seats will shift in the G.O.P.'s favor, but Congressman Tony Coelho of California, who heads the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, sharply disagrees. "There's no way they're going to do that," he says. "The most they'll get is five seats, and it might even be a wash...