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...much the quality of his top aides, who are mainly competent professionals. But some are new to their jobs and, more important, do not get clear directions from the nominee-to-be. When the Sears team was ousted, it was replaced by a triumvirate. Cam- paign Manager William Casey is an able administrator, but, despite his title, he is more a chairman of the board than a workaday boss. He has also not known Reagan very long...
Reagan has thus assembled a team of experts, but will they mesh? The new table of organization has six deputy campaign directors under Casey, including Timmons, Nofziger and Meese, and all will have access to Reagan...
...Says Casey: "I don't attempt to head off end runs, as Sears called them. They can help...
...still coasting on his familiar rhetoric; his aides have not supplied him with either fresh ideas or language for the coming battle. Since Campaign Manager John Sears was fired in February, no one has acquired enough clout to give the candidate firm instructions. Sears' replacement, William Casey, is gradually working into his job, but it takes a long time to win Reagan's confidence. This week state and regional coordinators are meeting with Casey in Los Angeles to try to get organized for the fall...
...considered vulnerable: Texas, Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Reagan is budgeting roughly half the $29.4 million he will receive in federal campaign funds for TV, radio and print advertising. The ads will emphasize Reagan as the pragmatic Governor of California, a doer not an ideologue, an approach urged by Casey. To build an image as a statesman, Reagan plans to travel to Europe after the convention. Reflecting on his political philosophy, the man who was once considered the most ardent conservative in America admitted: "I think I'm kind of moderate." Though, he added, "maybe we can overdo moderation...