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...supreme self-confidence (he is doubt less the only White House official who cuts his own hair) is accompanied by a razor-sharp intellect. In 1982, during the impending crisis in Social Security funding, Darman suggested forming a bipartisan commission to put the system on more solid financial footing. Currently he is heavily in volved in the White House negotiations with Congress on ways to find a "down payment" on the U.S. deficit. Says Deaver: "Darman is the best strategist in the White House when it comes to dealing with Congress." He can, however, be abrasive; some key legislators have...
...Darman is unusually sensitive to anything that might be perceived as a slight within the pecking order. An aide recalls that Darman became seriously upset when his name was omitted from the official manifest at the funeral of Nancy Reagan's father in Arizona in 1982. His brilliance and ambition are often translated into a scorching impatience with underlings who are inefficient or who he feels are mediocre...
...Darman surprised his closest associates last year by lobbying against a contingency tax in crease, when some insiders had hoped the President would push to lower the deficit...
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...