Word: bosses
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Baker, of course, is not operating with a completely free hand. George Bush says he "loves the foreign policy aspects" of his job, and Bush, obviously, is the boss. But the two men have a unique relationship. "They are as close to being equals as any President and a subordinate have ever been," says writer Victor Gold, who has been close to both of them for two decades. Baker may not be Deputy President or Prime Minister, but at the very least, he is first among equals...
...Jimmy always right?" Bush's pique underscored a lesson Baker has never forgotten: a campaign manager should say no to a candidate only so often. Unfortunately for Baker, he has always been the only member of Bush's inner circle capable of successfully standing up to the boss. (For the record, the President demurs. "There are others who can," says Bush, "but they...
...even he might have expected. He committed some small gaffes: tempting fate by tasting tropical fruit at a Caracas fruit stand and rapping former President Jimmy Carter for "complicating matters" by discussing Central American peace plans with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. Quayle said he did not talk with his boss during the trip and noted that the President was suffering from laryngitis. He then took an unintentional swipe at Ronald Reagan by adding that the former President sometimes used a sore throat as an excuse for canceling press conferences...
...renewed his request immediately after Bush won last year. By then it had become a job of squeezing down a bloated military establishment. Even if Tower survives the confirmation process and takes over the No. 2 post in the Cabinet, it could be as a drastically weakened Pentagon boss, beset by continuing suspicions that have been neither proved nor disproved...
Although Bush had initially supported the raise, spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said his boss "will abide by the wishes of the Congress...