Word: californianism
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Even with a shift in atmosphere, President Reagan is likely to find himself in the same narrow valley of limited options that Carter experienced. Already before the election, the Californian was forced to back off from some of his more controversial energy stands. He stopped insisting that the nation could solve its fuel problems in five years, and he began to talk about disciplining, rather than disbanding the Department of Energy. His criticism of the $227 billion windfall profits tax on oil companies became tempered after aides realized that he would need those tax revenues if he wanted...
...President-elect seems to be trying to assemble a team that would please, if not delight, both the party's moderates and its right-wingers. But the struggle to find the right mix - and men who could accept the jobs - was the first patch of trouble that the Californian has encountered since his surge to win the election. Ronald Reagan got a whiff last week of what life in Washington will be like...
...hours before, but, he explained, "I didn't ask my parents to attend because they're real busy now." The next Reagan wedding may be more elaborate. Maureen Reagan-the President-elect's twice-divorced daughter by Actress Jane Wyman-quietly became engaged in August to Californian Dennis Ravel. The couple is aiming for a California nuptial some time in March or April. But Maureen, 39, insists on waiting a week before making her plans public. Says she: "I don't want to upstage my brother...
...tend to agree. But there is some evidence that suggests otherwise. Before the election, only 7% of the blacks surveyed by New York Times-CBS News said they were going to vote for Reagan; Election Day exit polling showed that 14% had ac tually cast their ballots for the Californian. But when re-polled by New York Times-CBS News, only 6% of blacks admitted they had voted for Reagan...
...years he has been the most stalwart member of Congress to believe fervently that Ronald Reagan should be President. In 1976 he ran the Californian's valiant but losing attempt to win the nomination from Gerald Ford. This year he again chaired Reagan's presidential campaign committee and again nominated him for President. Now he is getting his reward by being allowed to put into effect a unique plan he has been urging on Reagan for 18 months. Although he holds no formal position of leadership among Republicans, Nevada's Paul Laxalt, 58, has suddenly become...