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Mitchell, one of the Capitol's most adroit phrasemakers, may prove more than a match for Bush in articulating his party's agenda. The next President will find the new majority leader less interested than his predecessor, West Virginia's Robert Byrd, in parliamentary procedures, more skillful in forming coalitions, and equally unwilling to let Congress play a fall-guy role if the President tries to extricate himself from his "read my lips" campaign promises not to raise taxes. Says his friend and mentor Edmund Muskie: "George is a liberal but one who can win the support of many people...
Education officials and many on Capitol Hill were quick to praise the reappointment. "Clearly, this is a man who shares our views about the importance of education," said Senator Edward Kennedy, a Massachusetts Democrat. Lamar Haynes of the National Education Association, a union representing 1.6 million schoolteachers, considered the selection a "hopeful sign that perhaps Mr. Bush will fulfill his campaign promise to become the 'education President...
Within minutes of his election, Mitchell emerged from the party caucus in the historic old Senate chamber of the Capitol to meet with reporters. Quickly turning aside suggestions he would be a partisan fighter, he said, "We hope to cooperate with the new administration to deal with the serious problems and important challenges facing our nation...
More important, to avoid serious problems later, this next President will have to move quickly to make peace with Congress. Enormous budget problems, escalating constantly, promise to bedevil Bush each year. The first major stylistic difference between Reagan and Bush will probably be evident in relations with Capitol Hill. While Reagan happily took on the Democrats, trying to eke out progress via confrontation, Bush prefers conciliation. Some Bush insiders predict a major outreach to congressional leaders almost immediately, an attempt to establish an era of good feelings with a bipartisan consensus on a problem posing a serious threat...
...Mike Dukakis again. The man who can win for the Democrats is Bill Bradley. The popular New Jersey Senator is a Rhodes scholar, former professional basketball player, and a highly respected man on Capitol Hill. He has been an architect of progressive policies such as tax reform...