Lee Lowder had hoped, after Tony s defeat in the State Sen- ate election, that their life might be given back to them. After all, he had not been a regular politician and had ac- cepted the nomination only because the Democrats had des- perately needed a standard bearer to wage the hopeless if important fight in the Lowders traditionally Republican Manhattan district. And Tony had done better than anyone had dared to predict. He had dragged his much older and bitterly conservative opponent from the confident back rooms of right wing politics to the sound truck and the tele- vision debate; he had attracted statewide notice; he had rolled up the Democratic vote from its usual ~5 percent to a figure so close to 5~ that a recount had been necessary. Ex- Governor Horton had come to see Lee to assure her that there would now be a period of rest and reflection. \"We have great ideas for Tony in the party, Lee, but I want to be sure he makes no false steps. He may be only forty-three, but that s no chicken for a man who s just lost his first race. We must use him carefully. The President owes us a Democrat on the Securities and Exchange Commission when Tom Surtees retires this spring. This may be a long shot, but I have a hunch I might swing it for Tony. So I m going to suggest he use the interim to learn the ropes as Spe- cial Assistant to the Regional Director here in New York.\" Lee had contemplated the sharp, pink eyes in that wide,
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