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Along with his stubborn unwillingness to support the civil rights cause, Reagan has vociferously opposed affirmative action programs of any type. The number of Black Reagan appointees the Cabinet, Administration, and federal judgeships is shamefully low. His slashing of federal funds to social programs, work programs and education has constructed prohibitive barriers to economic and social advancement in the Black community. A National Urban League report issued in January of 1987 asserted that the Reagan Administration's domestic policies were and are "morally unjust, economically unfair, and have widened the economic gap between the races...
Shamir, leader of the conservative Likud bloc, repeatedly resisted Peres' call for a formal Cabinet vote on the U.S. plan. He intends to offer his own peace initiative, which would give Palestinians some autonomy, but rather than beginning negotiations on the disposition of territories within nine months, it would stall for at least three more years. Last week the Palestine Liberation Organization foolishly played into Shamir's stonewalling strategy by hijacking a bus carrying civilians in Israel. The terrorist incident, which left three Israelis and all three guerrillas dead, bolstered Shamir's position that Israel should not enter into negotiations...
Right-wing true believers like Attorney General Edwin Meese and former Interior Secretary James Watt would get the brush-off in a Bush Administration. "There are no ideologues around George Bush," says a prominent aide. "He can't abide people who know they have all the answers." Bush's Cabinet would be a model of old-fashioned Republican moderation. It would surely include his longtime confidant James Baker, who would probably give up his stewardship of the Treasury to take over as Secretary of State. Nicholas Brady, chairman of the investment banking firm Dillon Read & Co. and a former Republican...
...Baker sat calmly, understanding the game being played. Then he raised the possibility that Reagan might ask Japan to pay more for defense provided by the U.S., a deft move in the search for ways to cut American deficits, a huge campaign issue. Next morning he was at a Cabinet breakfast, collecting intelligence on the budget and trade. After that, he jetted to South Carolina to honor a speaking invitation from Republican Strom Thurmond, a locus of Senate power, even though Thurmond had been a pillar of support down there for Bob Dole...
...major reason is the most discomforting one: Jackson's unique limitations are due in large part to race. Americans have shown themselves ready for blacks in the Cabinet but apparently not as President. Surveys have found that 15% to 20% of the American electorate admit that, simply because he was black, they would not vote for a black presidential candidate. The glass ceiling that keeps blacks and other minorities from getting beyond statewide office is double-glazed at the presidential level. Says Benjamin Hooks, executive director of the N.A.A.C.P., of Jackson's limits: "It's primarily race. The majority...