Word: dyk
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Congress always wages an uneven battle with the President, but Democratic political consultant Ted Van Dyk declares, "The troops are starting to get restless. There have been no clear alternatives and damn little criticism. Foley and Mitchell should be out front." Yet the Democrats have been mired in troubles of their own: the convoluted agony of the pay raise, the forced resignations of Speaker Jim Wright and whip Tony Coelho, and now the sex scandal involving Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank. Nor is the climate right for combat, with the economy perking along and the President enjoying an extended honeymoon. Grouses...
Foley's top aide is his wife of almost 21 years, Heather. She joined her husband's staff in 1971, two years after earning her law degree, and serves now as his unpaid administrative assistant. Washington consultant Ted Van Dyk, an old friend, says that Foley needs someone like Heather to run interference for him. "He suffers fools," says Van Dyk. "Not gladly, but he suffers them...
...detect no great excitement among their constituents about the Wright investigation. But the longer the affair drags on, and the more heavily the press and television focus on eventual public hearings, the more likely voters are to pay unfavorable attention. "This is no ten-kiloton violation," says Ted Van Dyk, a noted Washington political consultant. "But it's hard to convince the folks at home after Meese, Tower, Hart...
...former personal lawyer E. Robert Wallach and, in Wright's case, oilmen and investors in the Speaker's home state of Texas. And though the personalities of the genial California-bred Attorney General and the peppery Texas Speaker differ, they are alike in one way. Says Ted Van Dyk, a Washington lobbyist who knows the two: "Both apparently wear blinders" that prevent them from seeing appearances of impropriety in their actions...
Some strategists think that the selection of a Vice President should be viewed as an exercise in damage control. Reason: polls often show that candidates score higher ratings on their own than with any likely running mate. Says Ted Van Dyk, an aide to Hubert Humphrey in 1968: "Almost nobody helps...