Former Clinton Campaign Manager and DNC Chair Wilhelm Endorses Kerry

[DJcairo]

September 16, 2003

Chicago -

Former Clinton Campaign Manager and DNC Chair David Wilhelm endorsed John Kerry for President today, during a discussion the two men held with Chicago small business owners about how to best fuel small business growth and provide health insurance through tax credits and tax cuts for middle-class Americans. Wilhelm will head up the campaign’s efforts in Illinois.

Wilhelm, president of Wilhelm & Conlon Public Strategies, previously managed Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign, and subsequently served as the chair of the Democratic National Committee, the youngest person ever to do so. He has also directed the 1989 and 1991 campaigns of Mayor Richard M. Daley, as well as the 1984 campaign of Senator Paul Simon. He has served at the head of Wilhelm & Conlon since its founding in 1998.

Wilhelm and Kerry, longtime proponents of small business interests, spent the afternoon talking with small business owners about ways to provide affordable health insurance to employees through tax credits, and discussed why it is vital to support hardworking families through middle-class tax cuts. Senator Kerry, ranking member and former Chairman of the Senate Small Business Committee and once a small business owner himself, knows that the best way to bring prosperity back to America is by supporting small businesses in their efforts to provide affordable health care and help hardworking middle class families by refusing to raise their taxes.

“I am honored to receive David Wilhelm’s endorsement and to have him join this campaign. David is not only a political leader, but a prominent business leader, and he knows what it takes to fuel growth and support hardworking middle-class Americans. David Wilhelm knows how to beat a Bush in the White House, he knows we can do it again, and I am honored to have him leading up our team in Illinois,” said John Kerry.

http://johnkerry.com/news/releases/pr_2003_0915c.html

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1. Another FOB for Kerry.

They're dividing up between Kerry and Clark.

Wonder what Bill has in mind?

Kerry/Clark? Edwards for Atty. General?

[DrFunkenstein]

2. People Don't Know This About Kerry

Senator Kerry, ranking member and former Chairman of the Senate Small Business Committee and once a small business owner himself, knows that the best way to bring prosperity back to America is by supporting small businesses in their efforts to provide affordable health care and help hardworking middle class families by refusing to raise their taxes.

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