Word: coelho
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...different priority: removal of Wilhelm as party chairman. If the Democratic caucus were polled, she said, it would be unanimous -- Wilhelm must go. Party elders, notably Senate majority leader George Mitchell, demurred. But Mikulski's complaints had wide resonance. Last week the White House informed Wilhelm that Tony Coelho, a tough and controversial political pro, would be given a large role at the Democratic National Committee. Hurt and angry, Wilhelm then announced that he would go home to Chicago after this fall's congressional elections. Wilhelm's fate made for constant speculation inside the Beltway. The Clinton loyalist has been...
...anxious that last week the White House called on a sullied though solid political operator. When Tony Coelho quit the House in 1989, he held the third-ranking party post and seemed destined to be Speaker. But he had accepted a questionable loan to buy junk bonds. Rather than undergo an ethics probe, he embarked on a successful investment-banking career...
Though the Justice Department found no cause for action against him, the lingering memory kept Coelho from an official role in the Administration. But he is much admired by several of Clinton's younger aides, including senior adviser George Stephanopoulos, who were House staff members during Coelho's congressional heyday as adroit fund raiser and campaign tactician. He has served as an informal adviser for more than a year. Coelho's stock at the White House rose higher when Leon Panetta became chief of staff. They had once been twin stars of the California House delegation -- Panetta the policy wonk...
Facing the possibility of a bleak electoral season this fall, the Democratic Party rejiggered its team of top players, gently easing out national chairman David Wilhelm. Though Wilhelm will remain on the job until after the November elections, former California Representative Tony Coelho, a once powerful insider in the House, is being brought in to mastermind party strategy...
...wanted to shore up the party leadership after a string of Democratic losses since 1993. In an increasingly regular pattern in the Clinton White House, old friend Wilhelm will stay on as chairman until after the November elections, while former House majority whip and current Wall Street powerhouse Tony Coelho will step in as a senior adviser. Coelho, who resigned in 1989 amid accusations he improperly mixed politics and finance, will keep his investment-banking job while advising the White House...