Quiet and low profile, Mike Donilon is Bidenâs White House âwise manâ
By Jess Bidgood and Dan McGowan Globe Staff,Updated March 5, 2021, 9:50 a.m.
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Mike Donilon listened to Joe Biden speak in Wilmington, Del., on Nov. 6.ERIN SCHAFF/NYT/file
WASHINGTON â Last year, as the pandemic hemmed Joe Bidenâs campaign appearances inside the boundaries of his Delaware home base, anxiety-ridden
Democrats groused he wasnât doing enough to seize control of the presidential race. With adverse
headlines piling up, the presidential candidate asked his friend and chief campaign strategist what his team was
doing about it.
rebuilt a dying city, dined with sinatra, spent five years in a federally funded gated community, and lived to tell the tale. ladies and gentlemen, it s me great pleasure to present mayor vincent buddy cianci, jr. mr. mayor. thank you, an dry ia, thank you very much. thank you. thank you all very much for coming. andrea, you ask an awful lot from that introduction. i have been introduced many different ways. i remember being introduced one time i used to be mayor and then stopped being mayor and then became mayor again, and in 1990 i was re-elected and before the inauguration i was invited to go to a dinner, and i remember walking in, and the person at the podium was excited to see me there, and he got on the microphone and said, ladies and gentlemen, i want everyone to welcome the two-timing mayor of the city of providence. [laughter] i remember that one. then i remember another time when another time when i was mayor, i got a call from the white house. it was 1981.
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