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Still, it was Foot's stance as a party peacemaker, rather than leftist ideologue, that made his victory possible. For one thing, Healey's brilliant but abrasive personality had created a host of enemies, while Foot's genial ways had won him friends across the political spectrum. But the overriding reason that many moderate and even right-wing M.P.s opted for Foot was to avert an explosive crisis that has been shaping up in the deeply divided party...
Mike Deaver. Second to Meese as a policy adviser, Michael Deaver, 42, is closer personally to both Rawhide and Rainbow-the Secret Service code names for Ronald and Nancy Reagan. Witty, genial and well liked by his colleagues and reporters, Deaver is keenly sensitive to the likes and dislikes of both Reagans. He knows, almost instinctively, what types of campaign events make Reagan feel at ease. In the coterie of pleasant people around Reagan, Deaver may be the most charming...
...genial, curly-haired Crane's strategy is to turn the campaign into a crusade to restore the traditional, small-town American values. Says he: "The direction that the national Government has taken is far different from the America in which I was brought up. We have to make a strong commitment to the concept of limited Government and individual responsibility...
...Carter aide: "His whole strategy is just to hold on. He's doing that too damn well." Reagan plans to use TV commercials aimed at specific states and to keep hammering away at his opponent's failures without getting so personal that he harms his own genial image. Says Reagan Strategist Richard Wirthlin: "The campaign so far has been event-driven to a large extent. We think we can now bring it back to the Carter record...
...hours later, Carter was the genial host at a far different kind of picnic: a shindig on the South Lawn of the White House for some 800 labor leaders and their wives. Desperately in need of labor support, Carter last week was rewarded with the endorsement of the diminished but still influential...