Word: electives
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Please inform President-elect James Carter that he still doesn't owe Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo anything. It was the black vote that gave Carter Philadelphia and, in turn, Pennsylvania. For better or worse we did it for Carter, not Big Frank...
Despite his self-confident assertiveness, it was clear back on the Talmadge estate that the President-elect was soliciting help and advice. Among those present were the men vying for the job of majority leader of the Senate-Favorite Robert Byrd and Hubert Humphrey -and the retiring leader, Mike Mansfield, plus the influential Edmund Muskie. Thomas ("Tip") O'Neill, certain to be House Speaker, was there with four key chairmen: Appropriations' George H. Mahon, Ways and Means' Al Ullman, Budget's Brock Adams and James J. Delaney, probable new Rules head...
Just Fluff. Carter made it clear that Vice President-elect Walter Mondale and Jordan would be his two closest advisers when the final decisions are made on the key appointments. Jordan retracted an earlier statement that to have familiar figures like former Deputy Defense Secretary Cyrus Vance in the Cabinet would represent a failure for the President-elect. At the same time, he emphasized, "If, however, everyone in the Carter Government had been here before, I think we would have failed." Jordan added that for every major position, Carter wants at least one minority figure and one woman...
...outcome of the muted struggle may also say something important about the President-elect. He obviously liked and trusted Watson. Yet the moment Carter concluded that Watson's performance in a particular area was not up to his lofty expectations, he did not hesitate to move him out of that area. There may be as much steel in the new President of the U.S. as his detractors had suspected and his admirers had approvingly anticipated...
...Britain's 14%, but it is much too high by historical standards in the U.S. Yet if the Carter Administration fails to take the lead in reviving the industrial world's laggard economy, the U.S. cannot hope to achieve the robust recovery the President-elect has promised...