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...policy body man," hovering near him throughout the day, providing continuity and calculating each issue's relative importance. Says press secretary Dee Dee Meyers: "He's the place where all things come together. He is the one person, more than ((chief of staff)) Mack McLarty or ((presidential counselor David)) Gergen, who doesn't lose the forest for the trees." Although Clinton does not see Stephanopoulos as a peer -- "he's not an alter ego," cautions another aide -- Meyers maintains that Clinton "trusts him more than anyone else...
...moment," says a colleague. In meetings without the President, he can exercise final say over issues involving the media, the public "message" and scheduling. And he often acts as Clinton's proxy on more substantive issues. At a meeting last week on entitlements, a bevy of heavy hitters including Gergen, domestic policy assistant Carol Rasco and budget chief Leon Panetta, argued back and forth. Says one who was there: "When George spoke, it wasn't part of the debate. It was time to close your notebook." No one has suggested that Clinton invested such power in a dummy or straw...
...embattled leaders. After months of slippery evasions, the Administration abruptly changed strategies. As Republicans shouted for congressional hearings, officials from Vice President Al Gore on down fanned out to television shows to express their measured contrition. "Whitewater isn't about cover-ups," said counselor David Gergen on Nightline. "It's about screw-ups." Said policy adviser George Stephanopoulos: "Did the damage- control team create a lot more damage than it controlled? I think that's probably right...
...soon as news of the Nussbaum meetings with Treasury officials emerged, pressure built within the White House to dump him. By last Friday, Clinton's most influential advisers -- McLarty, David Gergen, George Stephanopoulos and Vice President Al Gore -- all agreed...
...what exactly does Clinton favor? Does he really want to sweep up the purse snatchers and coat thieves? No one knows for sure. A few hours before last Tuesday's speech, Vice President Gore said, "We'll let Congress decide." Minutes later, presidential counselor David Gergen admitted, "We don't even know what the different congressional ideas call for." The day after Clinton's address, White House press secretary Dee Dee Meyers echoed Gore and Gergen; she didn't know what was on the table, only that the White House wasn't going to get involved. "Actually," insists Reed, disagreeing...