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...choice was largely Carter's idea; Vice President Walter Mondale was equally enthusiastic. Sorensen was esteemed for both his mind and his morality. He was also an early backer of Carter for President, raising funds and tapping talent among liberals who had serious reservations about the Georgian. Beyond that, Sorensen was seen as a good soldier who would carry out Carter's instructions at the CIA. Moreover, some Carter staffers reckoned that a liberal like Sorensen might be better able to defend the agency against criticism from the left. Said a close Carter adviser after the scheme...
...only serious controversy revolved around the nomination of Carter's fellow Georgian and longtime friend, Federal Judge Griffin Bell, to be Attorney General. The N.A.A.C.P., the Congressional Black Caucus and some liberal Democrats all assailed Bell. Joseph Rauh, vice chairman of Americans for Democratic Action, charged that Bell had given "aid and comfort to segregationists" while an Atlanta attorney, chief of staff to Georgia's segregationist Governor Ernest Vandiver and a member of the federal bench. Black Caucus Chairman Parren Mitchell accused Bell of being "the mastermind of Georgia's massive resistance" to school desegregation when...
Jimmy Carter's palace guard is now official: it is mainly Georgian, mainly young and mainly unfamiliar with Washington. When the names were announced, some old hands in the nation's capital wondered-as is customary with every changeover to a new Administration-if the new White House staff really had the talent and the experience to live up to the job. Certainly the transition has not been smooth, despite Carter's avowals that it would be the best-planned in history. But the incoming President's men are bright, dedicated and diligent, and even their...
...main talks were held in a Tudor-style home nestled in dense tropical foliage overlooking marshland, where Carter slipped away to do some fishing. As the discussions went on, the Georgian stressed his intention to reorganize the Government. He told his nominees that no bureaucracy is sacrosanct and that they "should not become seduced by what exists" in their departments. The group also considered the package of jobs legislation and tax cuts that Carter will soon propose to stimulate the economy. On Capitol Hill, House Democrats were already planning to introduce a bill increasing the current $2 billion public works...
...organization was the joy of aspiring politicians. They knew the machine would get out the vote. Daley helped win the governorship for Adlai Stevenson. In 1960 he tipped the state and thereby the election to John Kennedy. His support of Jimmy Carter just about clinched the nomination for the Georgian. But he was unable to win the state for Carter, or even to put a Democrat in the statehouse in Springfield...