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ward-heeler

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Noun1.ward-heeler - a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public endsward-heeler - a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
machine politician, political hack, hack
pol, political leader, politico, politician - a person active in party politics
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Too many of the 15 council members talk about city unity when it fits their purposes, such as opposing Assemblywoman Paula Boland's bill for local self-determination, but otherwise they act as if they are ward-heelers at heart.
EDITORIAL : VALLEY BASHING CITY COUNCIL DISPLAYS ITS PREJUDICE ONCE ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
For him, it was more important to convince financial gurus in New York, London, and Tokyo that Mexico would not veer from liberal trade policy and market-focused reforms than to butter up ward-heelers in Mexico City, Chihuahua, and Oaxaca.
The torch is passed: Salinas to Zedillo by Grayson, George / Commonweal
 
 
 
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