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...right voice. The right appearance. No baggage. And he told a good story," said California Congressman Tony Coelho, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. A prominent politician had been ruled out, since one could not be chosen without offending others. McPherson, 53, who in the 1960s held posts in the Department of State and served as special counsel to President Johnson, was an obscure but credible figure. What does the Texas-born lawyer make of his stardom? Shrugged he: "A friend told me that older citizens need their own sex symbols...
Democrats on Capitol Hill are not sorry to see Gramm go. Said Tony Coelho of California, chairman of the House Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee: "This gives him the martyr's role - and he loves it." To Democrats, Gramm was a traitor. While lobbying for a seat on the Budget Committee in 1981, Gramm assured party leaders that he would support a Democratic budget plan. Four months later, he not only co-sponsored the President's budget plan against the committee alternative but, charged the Democrats, also fed reports on confidential Democratic strategy sessions to David Stockman, Reagan...
...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...
...such ads as long as they think nastiness may succeed. Says California's Hart: "Depending on your view of human nature, you aim for a voter's baser instincts or his hopes and aspirations. These days, you find that fewer and fewer people respond to positive messages." Coelho voices hope that the failure of some of the most flagrant ads will cause negative campaigning to decline. Well, maybe, but as Coelho quickly adds, perhaps the message of the 1982 results is merely that voters demand "more sophisticated" defamation. -By George J. Church. Reported by Evan Thomas/Washington and John...