Lobbyist, lawyer Thomas H. Boggs Jr. dead at 73
Source: Washington Post
Thomas H. Boggs Jr., who sat for decades at the epicenter of Washington legal, business and political circles as the city’s marquee name in lobbying and political fund-raising, died Sept. 15 at his home in Chevy Chase. He was 73.
The cause was an apparent heart attack, said his sister, the broadcast journalist Cokie Roberts.
With a gregarious charisma that even his nemeses among good-government groups found hard to resist, Mr. Boggs spent four decades as a heavyweight in Washington influence peddling. Sometimes attending three fundraisers in a single night, he had a shrewd understanding of how the city operated behind the public view — how to get to people in a position of power and how to win their support.
“The best lobbyist in Washington is a member of Congress who agrees with you and is willing to lobby for you,” he once told an interviewer. “He may not want to play a front role if he has a constituency that is against what you are trying to get him to do, but your best bet is still to try to convince a member to be your lobbyist.”
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and that tells you a little something about this party. 
