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...searched for Cabinet appointees, Carter seemed at times hesitant and frustrated???disconcertingly out of character. His lack of ties to Washington and the party establishment?qualities that helped raise him to the White House?carry potential dangers. He does not know the Federal Government or the pressures it creates. He does not really know the politicians whom he will need to help him run the country, and it is far from clear how his temper and his ego will stand up under probable battles with Congress, the clamorous interest groups and the press...
...course, the middle public sometimes gets worked up too, but having more interest in preserving than in changing its way of life, it does not so much embrace causes as nurture discontent. When so wide a public feels frustrated???by inflation, for example?its collective fury is greatly feared by politicians. Since it has not paid attention to issues and details, it can be sweeping and unselective in its revenge, throwing out incumbents?competent and corrupt alike...
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