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Differences in each executive's style and interests are the primary factor any White House manager must consider, said John D. Ehrlichman, an aide to Richard Nixon who was implicated in the Watergatescandal. "The Presidency is a Constitutionalinstitution," said Ehrlichman, "but it's also abaggy suit of clothes. If it doesn't fit, it isn'tgoing to work...
Hamiltan Jordan, who was Carter's chief WhiteHouse advisor, agreed with Ehrlichman'sassessment. "Every President is different," hesaid, adding that the role of the chief of staffis to recognize the President's personality, styleof management and interest in issues...
...best people to [run the White House] arethose people who campaigned with a man, who havegrown up with him politically and can respond tohis likes and dislikes," said Ehrlichman, who wasinvolved with Nixon's three presidentialcampaigns...
According to Hume, three of the panelists are Republicans who have publicly criticized Regan since the scandal was uncovered, including Richard Cheney (R-WY), U.S. Representative and chief of staff under President Ford; David Gergen, special assistant to President Reagan; and John D. Ehrlichman, domestic affairs assistant to President Nixon...
Only when his own skin was being scorched by Watergate did Richard Nixon sacrifice Aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman. He found the courage to tell each of them face to face in tearful meetings at Camp David that they must resign. Then he praised them publicly as "two of the finest public servants" he had ever known. Jimmy Carter defended Bert Lance as innocent of shady banking practices and brushed off advice that he ask his longtime friend to leave his post as Director of the Office of Management and Budget. "I could not bring myself...