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...with Beckwith as his guide, made a kind of Cook's tour of the new influence peddlers, visiting the offices of top Washington lobbyists like Tommy Boggs, the son of Louisiana Congresswoman Lindy Boggs; Anne Wexler, former aide to President Jimmy Carter; and ex-White House Majordomo Michael Deaver. The experience, says Thomas, provided him with an updated view of Washington -- and gave a special immediacy to this week's story...
...eponymous city of the man who fought to have the inequities of hereditary privilege purged from a new nation, socialites and politicians were maneuvering like Machiavellian courtiers in order to meet the Prince and Princess. "It's the social event of the season," said former White House Aide Michael Deaver, who now heads his own p.r. firm. "This is one of those events that if you're not invited," said Sheila Tate, Nancy Reagan's former press secretary, "you'll plan to be away for the weekend so no one will know." Miss Manners, a.k.a. Washington Post Syndicated Columnist Judith...
...four years Jim Baker, Mike Deaver and Ed Meese were the powers within the power, and they were about as good as you can be at that strange business. There have been stories, of course, about occasional stress backstage, and there may be some new revelations as the books and reminiscences roll out. But it will be hard to dim the luster of these four years, a remarkably long time for three ambitious aides to hang together and successfully support a President...
...Rose Garden affair was a private salute to Deaver, who went off into his own public relations business, the last of the three to find new work. Baker, the Secretary of the Treasury, ribbed him about being an expert "leak" and brought appreciative snorts by invoking the standard White House parry to outsiders: "And remember, Mike, don't call us, we'll call you." Deaver, in reply, pronounced Baker's words "the best speech" that Margaret Tutwiler, Baker's assistant, ever wrote...
...President's assignments had Meese running day-to-day operations with the rest of the Government, Deaver managing the President's personality and Baker dealing with the press and legislation. The true work was much more subtle. Baker softened the ideological edges and was father confessor to the outside world. Meese was the conservative theologian in the chapel, reassuring his flock that he was whispering the true gospel in Reagan's ear. The ubiquitous Deaver negotiated and held the peace between Baker and Meese...