They know that in Mr. Gramm, they are losing an often brilliant legislative tactician.

Thompson is a legislative tactician, but he also pursued the long-range vision of welfare reform.

Wilberforce was not a skillful legislative tactician.

Representative Richard A. Gephardt of Missouri is known as an able legislative tactician and conciliator.

Should Mr. Lott win, it would be a remarkable comeback for the conservative legislative tactician.

He was an authority on the U.S. Constitution and on foreign affairs, and a skillful legislative tactician.

His fund-raising ability, skill as a legislative and electoral tactician and highly disciplined political organization in Middlesex County helped him guide James E. McGreevey to the governor's office.

Packwood spouted anti-Reagan clichés, and the New York Times instantly sprang to action praising Packwood as a "skilled legislative tactician" and a "canny political organizer.

He rarely spoke from the floor but was known as a legislative tactician whose work behind the scenes on the powerful Appropriations Committee substantially benefited his state and its institutions, like Rutgers University.

These two well-practiced legislative tacticians, who share policy views but not political styles, dismiss such attacks.