Word: deaver
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...hard-right constituency. In the shake-out of White House responsibilities created by the departure of Presidential Counsellor Edwin Meese, Reagan's last ideological soul mate in the West Wing, Darman continued his steady, determined rise into the inner circle. Says Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver: "Dick Darman is one of the most powerful people here. He has made an incredible contribution to this presidency...
...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 advised the White House to keep Darman away from Capitol Hill. "Dick is more comfortable dealing with ideas than people," says one close colleague...
...President himself is not very involved in day-to-day strategy decisions; according to campaign press assistant John Buckley, Reagan "prefers to keep the Oval Office removed from the operation." Not too removed, however-his two closest White House aides, special counsel James Baker and chief of staff Michael Deaver, are reportedly in very close contact with Laxalt and Rollins, the pair acts as the President's eyes and ears on the campaign, allowing him to concentrate publicly on the affairs of state...
...high tech skills of its top strategists. The Reagan '84 campaign boasts many of the same key players that carried the '80 juggernaut like campaign chairman, Sen. Paul Laxalt (R-Nev); campaign manager, Edward Rollins; the pollster Richard Wirthlin; and White House advisers James Baker and Michael K. Deaver...
Those jocular statements by White House Aides Mike Deaver and Jim Baker that Reagan seems to be in better health now than when he started the presidency may be clinically true. A success ful leader's body often seems to keep going when it should...