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...conspiracy. "I think he was given bad information," says Arizona Republican Senator John McCain, a close friend. Others speculated that Inman had read implications of hostility into one of Dole's wisecracks. The admiral has never disclosed his party affiliation. Dole quipped that he seemed to be a "Gergen Republican" -- and Inman cited that remark...
Clinton aides observe with some irritation that DAVID GERGEN was slow to defend his boss last month as the Whitewater and Arkansas-trooper stories gathered force. With the arrival of tough New York lawyer Harold Ickes as deputy chief of staff and his designation as leader of the Whitewater damage- control team (of which Gergen is only a member), Gergen now has a strong rival. Gergen himself was finally out front last week, giving speeches, appearing on TV chat shows and generally defending Bill and Hillary Clinton...
...longer theoretical problems. The once taboo topic of means testing -- linking government payments to income -- was debated at a recent high-level White House meeting. The President mostly listened, but proponents of some kind of limitation included Vice President Al Gore, Budget Director Leon Panetta and presidential counselor David Gergen. Their rationale: only by restraining entitlements can the Administration afford new programs and further deficit reduction. "Everyone agrees this is something to be looked at," confides a senior White House official. "Even a novice looking at the budget can't help seeing what's happening to entitlement spending...
...exhaustive, if somewhat over-wrought, look at the career of Clinton advisor David Gergen, Michael Kelly's New York Times Magazine cover story last week documented how the 1968 Nixon presidential campaign revolutionized the way candidates were presented...
Every costume told a story. David Gergen disguised himself as Richard Nixon, his hands rising in the famous V-for-victory gesture. The much feared adviser and friend Susan Thomases was a Pilgrim. Affable communications director Mark Gearan became a gorilla, while mild-mannered personnel chief Bruce Lindsey wore a nun's habit. Pirate George Stephanopoulos huddled with media whiz Mandy Grunwald, who looked for all the world like a health security card. White House decorator Kaki Hockersmith--Scarlett O'Hara--had her dress made from fabric matching the curtains in the Lincoln Bedroom...