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...network's coverage by saying, "Taken together, Mr. Reagan has now reversed policy and infuriated conservative members of his own party on two scores: first the tax increases, now China." With that, recalls one White House adviser, the President "went through the ceiling." He telephoned Aides Michael Deaver and James Baker to say he wanted to complain. Their advice: call Rather yourself. So Reagan did-just as CBS was beginning its second broadcast of the Evening News at 7 o'clock. Minutes later, on the air, Rather related the conversation to CBS's viewers. Reagan was "concerned...
...Inauguration by Baker's deputy, Richard Darman, 39, to coordinate the passage of Reagan's economic program. "It was important that everyone in the Administration knew there was a clearing house," explains Darman. Other core participants: Baker's partners in the White House top troika, Michael Deaver, 44, and Meese; Communications Director David Gergen, 40; Kenneth Duberstein, 38, the Administration's gregarious and highly effective lobbyist on Capitol Hill; Budget Director David Stockman, 35; and Craig Fuller, 31, who coordinates the work of the Cabinet...
...fact that Presidential Advisers Meese, Baker and Deaver were angry and bitter about Prime Minister Begin's refusal to reveal his plans or to "hold off on everything until after Reagan returned to Washington" illustrates the arrogance of the present Administration. Who do they think they are. requesting that another country delay a military operation deemed crucial to its security...
Slow-moving and indecisive, Meese gradually lost control of the White House bureaucracy to the more efficient Baker. "This place needs a manager who can handle 25 balls in the air at one time," said a White House aide. "Meese couldn't do it." Meanwhile, Deaver emerged as the President's No. 1 confidant and troubleshooter. Meese undercut his own strength at the White House by traveling so much, giving speeches and attending G.O.P. fund raisers. During last year's tense Senate vote on the sale of AWACS-equipped planes to Saudi Arabia, for instance, Meese...
Theories about political influence are not always tidy, however. Within the White House, James Baker, a Texan, is as important as any of the aides. Reagan's total Cabinet tilts, 8 to 5, east of the Mississippi River. Mike Deaver, who is Baker's deputy and a Californian, contends that the Reagan White House cannot be measured so much for its West Coast flavor as for the taste of Ronald Reagan. With the departure of Haig, those men closest to Reagan all have a special loyalty to him and fit his style...