Word: electable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WASHINGTON--President-elect Reagan and President Carter met yesterday at the White House for the first time since the election...
Clements said he believes that the administration does not want to elect a master that the students and other House associates will not like. He added that he hoped the administration will now "recognize the necessity of taking into account Quincy House views...
...President-elect, who is famed for keeping reasonable hours and not getting bogged down in details, is expected to act pretty much like a chairman of the board who makes the big decisions but delegates day-to-day operations to others. Thus the people Reagan brings into office are likely to have larger-than-usual roles in running the Government. For several weeks, a group headed by Reagan's attorney, William French Smith, has been putting together a list of possible appointees for the main posts. Leading candidates for some of the top jobs...
...Senate under G.O.P. management would be a far different place, with more moderate Democrats facing more conservative Republicans. Savoring a big re-election win in Kansas, Republican Robert Dole observed: "The liberals in Congress are going to have to learn a lesson. There is a kind of liberalism that doesn't wash any more." At the same time, the high turnover will probably make the Senate even more independent and self-willed. While its majority will share the basic outlook of the conservative President-elect, a Republican 97th Senate could prove to be just as balky as its predecessor...
Walter Cronkite soon made up for lost time by scoring a remarkable coup: a three-way interview with former President Gerald Ford at the anchor desk with him in New York and President-elect Reagan in Los Angeles. Earlier, Ford had tried unsuccessfully to phone Reagan. So as the President-elect left the Century Plaza Hotel after claiming victory, CBS Correspondent Bill Plante persuaded him to hold a network headset to his ear and trade long-distance pleasantries with Cronkite and Ford. Said Ford: "You'll make a fine President." Responded Reagan: "This victory is certainly yours to share...