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...message of their own: the Dow Jones industrial average plunged 75 points, followed by the dollar's drop to near postwar lows against the yen. Investors who had sat quietly through candidate Bush's repeated taunts to Congress to "Read my lips -- no new taxes" decided that President-elect Bush had no convincing plan to cut the nation's towering trade and budget deficits. As the slide started, Bush hastily convened a seaside press conference to reassure nervous markets. With Atlantic waves crashing behind him, he allowed that his new burdens made him feel a bit "shell shocked," adding...
HOUSTON--President-elect George Bush promised yesterday to "never neglect our friends in this hemisphere" as he met incoming Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari and heralded the election victory of Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney as a triumph for free trade...
...President-elect has also been excessively loyal to associates who outlive their political usefulness. A case in point is Don Gregg, his national-security adviser, whom Bush declined to fire when he became enmeshed in allegations about illegal aid to the contras. During the campaign Bush stoutly defended a host of controversial Administration figures -- Ray Donovan, Robert Bork, Oliver North, Ed Meese, Don Regan, John Poindexter. It may have been sound politics, but it hints that Bush may be no better than Reagan at firing people...
Equally important is Bush's relationship with the press. The President-elect is notoriously thin-skinned about criticism; he owns what CBS correspondent Eric Engberg calls "the biggest rabbit ears in the business." At the urging of his advisers, Bush gradually cut out press access during his campaign. The reporters responded by becoming first obnoxious, then surly and irritable. Reagan could get away with slighting the press, but it will be harder for Bush. He lacks the Teflon that Reagan generated with his avuncular, good- hearted manner. If Bush allows criticism to drive him into a beleaguered posture...
...various stages in his career, the President-elect has shown different faces to the world, prompting some observers to wonder just which George Bush will show up for the Inauguration: The moderate, traditional Republican who ran in 1980, or the right-tilting conservative on the stump this year? The George-the-Ripper hardballer who upset an overconfident Dole and Dukakis, or the kinder, gentler George who claims to be haunted by hungry children? The answer, of course, is a bit of each: Bush will be determined to do whatever it takes to complete the mission...