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...been working with him. The move comes after a G.O.P. Congressman attempted to introduce legislation requiring such disclosure to determine if influential counselors were making money lobbying the government. The four consultants affected by the directive include campaign gurus James Carville and Paul Begala as well as pollster Stan Greenberg and Mandy Grunwald. They say they have nothing to hide...
...real issue is not how much polling the Administration does but how closely Clinton bases his decisions on polling results. Fred Steeper, one of Bush's pollsters, believes that some of Clinton's most popular, and more moderate, policies are driven by Greenberg's surveys and focus groups. "Things like a two-year limit on welfare and three-strikes-and-you're-out on crime, we're all picking those up in our research," says Steeper. "Because the country is still of a conservative bent, the Clinton Administration is finding our ((Republican)) agendas and trying to take them away...
...Clinton adviser Paul Begala, who works closely with Greenberg, insists that polls don't dictate policy. "This Administration uses polls as feedback, not to chart a course," he protests. "Polls tell us whether what we're doing to communicate is working." And as an activist President who won office with less than half the vote, Clinton has even more reason to fear losing touch with public sentiment...
...series of negative disclosures and two high-level resignations rocked the White House last month, Administration officials started telling reporters that most Americans had no idea that Clinton agreed to the appointment of a special counsel and was cooperating fully with his investigation. How did the officials know this? Greenberg told them. Not surprisingly, the President and his aides now go to great lengths to stress their policy of "full disclosure" on Whitewater...
...some issues, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement and gays in the military, Clinton has acted against significant public opposition. But his approach to passing major legislation like health-care reform has resembled a permanent campaign, with Greenberg probing the U.S. to find out what Americans want to hear and then putting the most felicitous phrases on the President's tongue. One thing is certain: if Clinton ever wonders whether the public thinks he is too reliant on polls, he'll ask Stan Greenberg to find...