Prominent Dem Operative Joe Grandmaison Dies@79...best name(means "Big House" in French), advised Bill Clinton to declare victory on eve of NH primary

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He was credited with counseling Bill Clinton to declare victory early in the evening in the 1992 New Hampshire primary. Clinton declared himself the "comeback kid" by taking second place...worked under 3 Democrat presidents, and for McGovern in 1972

Prominent Democratic operative Joe Grandmaison dies at 79

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — J. Joseph “Joe” Grandmaison, a larger-than-life Democratic operative who ran numerous campaigns and served as an appointee under three presidents, has died. He was 79. Grandmaison died from the effects of Parkinson’s disease Saturday at Wentworth Senior Living, his...

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