Word: darman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...these sessions in an auditorium in the old Executive Office Building, Reagan Aide Richard Darman played the role of moderator. They worried about Reagan's evident desire to answer every assault on his record; his meandering, overly detailed responses had cost him points two weeks earlier in Louisville. Apart from the rehearsals, the President held briefing sessions with such advisers as Secretary of State George Shultz, National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane, Nevada Senator Paul Laxalt, longtime Reagan Adviser Stuart Spencer and White House Aides Baker and Michael Deaver...
...future and he said nothing." Said Campaign Chairman James Johnson: "The most important thing that happened tonight was that Walter Mondale took command of the stage on which Ronald Reagan was standing." But the Reaganauts claimed victory too. Said Reagan's debate adviser, White House Aide Richard Darman: "Mondale needed a knockout and didn't even get a draw...
...Stevens agreed to attach a request for $21 million for the rebels to a bill being considered by the Senate Appropriations Committee to provide funds that would help poor people pay their fuel bills. The backfiring tactic was devised by top White House Aides James Baker and Richard Darman. Even some Republicans on the Republican-controlled committee were outraged by the stratagem, which would have forced Senators opposed to funding the Nicaraguan contras to vote against aid to low-income Americans. The committee rejected Stevens' amendment, 15 to 14. The Appropriations Committee also delayed voting on a similar effort...
Some charge that stance was an opportunistic move to make peace with conservative critics. In fact, Darman believes there will be enough economic pressure to force a "big fix" after the elections. That would come in the form of the "tax simplification plan," which would raise money by ending most loopholes and deductions while lowering tax rates. Reagan mentioned it in his State of the Union speech after Darman advocated the idea...
...plan's details are far from clear, but colleagues could not help noticing that Darman has already placed a green file folder on his office worktable with the notation, "The Reagan Revolution...