THESAURUS
Machiavel, Machiavellian, Machiavellianist, Rasputin, Svengali, VIP, access, bad influence, big wheel, boodler, court, crooked politician, diplomat, diplomatist, eminence grise, five-percenter, fixer, four-percenter, friend at court, good influence, grafter, gray eminence, heavyweight, hidden hand, influence, influencer, ingroup, jackleg politician, key, kingmaker, lobby, lobbyist, logroller, lords of creation, man of influence, manipulator, open sesame, political realist, politician, power broker, powers that be, pressure group, sinister influence, special interests, special-interest group, spoilsman, spoilsmonger, the Establishment, very important person, wheeler-dealer, wire-puller
