Douche of reality from the Dems' 'Mr K Street'
by skeptic06, Wed Oct 18, 2006 at 01:36:40 PM EDT
The Washington Monthly has a profile of Steny Hoyer - backstory for those of us who are politics latecomers, including one or standout points.
For instance, in the special election in 1981 in which Hoyer first came into the House,
Hoyer received strong support from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), whose new chairman, Rep. Tony Coelho (D-Calif.), became intensely involved in the race--fostering a valuable long-term alliance between the two.
Coelho was the founder of the K Street Project, and cash-raiser extraordinaire for the House Dems in the 80s.
(Not, if understand matters aright, that, with Hoyer, Coelho could exactly be accused of corrupting a Jefferson Smith!)
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