Word: campaigners
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John Kennedy's "ask not" formulation was better put, and Eisenhower's too: "A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both." But Bush's simplicity was profound, and more in keeping with his underlying message. After a negative campaign that valued victory above all, Bush's positioning himself as a moral leader may seem strange. But the new President, for one, believes that the election "was then" and that the "time to govern" should obliterate inconvenient memories...
Symbols all. But something else was going on last week, something of substance and paramount importance: the beginning of what may be an exquisitely orchestrated retreat. The flip side of "kinder, gentler" is embodied in Bush's famous campaign pledge, "Read my lips: no new taxes," a politically expedient stance that helped him win election and now threatens his ability to govern successfully. "Backing off that promise could destroy his presidency," says a senior Administration official. "But we'll probably have to do just that. How we do it without making the President out to be a liar...
Bush promises to be different. Although he adopted the Reagan method during the campaign, stage-managing his every appearance and sequestering himself from the press, he held more news conferences in the ten weeks following the election than Reagan did in his last two years in office. "I think you will see him act as President very much as he has been in the last few weeks," says White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater...
...guerrillas officially shun the elections as a farce, some strategists believe Ungo's participation may be useful. Explains Hector Silva, a spokesman for one of the parties in the Convergence: "Ungo knows he can't win. But with him running, how to end the war becomes part of the campaign debate...
...native of Columbus, Duffy, 30, graduated from Oberlin College in 1980, then went to work as a military-affairs reporter in Washington. Five years later, he signed on with TIME, reporting first on the Pentagon, then moving to Capitol Hill before joining the campaign trail last year to cover George Bush, Michael Dukakis and Jesse Jackson. His time in Washington has given Duffy an appreciation for one of the first principles of reporting governmental affairs: hurry up and wait. Duffy has spent entire days -- followed by long nights -- waiting outside closed doors to learn the latest twist about tax- reform...