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Even as officials who worked for Clinton concede the point, they argue that Bush's approach may not survive rough times. "These are high-pressure jobs," says Leon Panetta, who served more than two years as Clinton's chief of staff. "Someone has to carry the load, especially when there's a crisis." Bush has enjoyed a smooth stroll through his first six weeks on the job, but some say his need for order and structure makes him appear unsteady and slow to react when confronted with an off-the-script event. When he fumbled his remarks about North Korea...
...health problems were to force Cheney to slow down and reduce his portfolio--adopting work habits more like Bush's--the President would at the very least have to make adjustments to his routine. A lightened Cheney work load wouldn't rob Bush of his Veep's most important function--offering advice and counsel--but it would put a heavier burden on other top aides. Bush might have to do more of the things Cheney now does for him that staff members can't, like tending to conservatives on Capitol Hill and resolving disputes between Cabinet Secretaries. If Cheney were...
Armchair cardiologists were everywhere last week. After Dick Cheney's second unplanned trip to the hospital in four months, the tabloids were full of anonymous quotations from "worried pals" who thought Cheney should cut back on his work load. Talk-show hosts repeated their physicians' advice to take it easy. Political types made book on who would replace Cheney if he bows out before George W. Bush runs for re-election, and syndicated columnist Arianna Huffington wondered if the Vice President was on some kind of "suicide mission...
...That's a load off the Fed's mind, as was the University of Michigan's report that consumer confidence actually went up for a change in the first weeks of March, rising to 91.8 from 90.6 in February and topping forecasts for a drop to 89.5. Both reports will figure heavily in the Fed's calculations as it readies for its March 20 meeting. TIME senior economics reporter Bernie Baumohl reads the tea leaves...
...speed - and blend it with the best of the Democratic objections over fiscal sanity. Let the Senate moderates have their written-in "trigger," or "mid-course correction," however they want to name it (Bush ought to know there'll be one of those in November 2004 anyway) and back-load the debt repayment instead of the tax cuts...