Word: loyalism
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...Gore declared on 60 Minutes that he wouldn't be running for President, three urgent phone messages were left for Hollywood producer Rob Reiner by prominent Democrats: North Carolina Senator John Edwards, Massachusetts Senator John Kerry and Vermont Governor Howard Dean. Reiner, who had been Gore's most loyal backer in Hollywood, is the hottest ticket in politics these days--someone not only capable of writing big checks, but willing to ask his friends to do it as well. Last week the Hollywood shuffle repeated itself. Minority leader Tom Daschle had barely taken his toe out of the presidential water...
...Although the Saudi proposal leaves open the possibility that Saddam could accept exile, Arab diplomats doubt this is a realistic scenario. Instead, they believe that Iraq's Republican Guards, the best-equipped and most loyal of Saddam's troops, will eventually switch allegiances...
...strained as it tries to expand its market beyond committed sports enthusiasts. "It's been able to captivate the hard-core male athlete," says Marshal Cohen, co-president of market-research firm NPDFashionworld. "If there's a brand those athletes feel really helps them, boy, will they be loyal to that brand. But the broader you grow your business, the less of a fanatic the customer is. The casual user shifts from brand to brand...
...played his entire life. Throughout his remarkable career - White House chief of staff to Gerald Ford, six-term Congressman, Secretary of Defense to the first President Bush and Vice President to the second - Cheney's success has derived from his unparalleled skill at serving as the discreet, effective, loyal adviser to higher-profile leaders. He did once flirt with the idea of twirling the flaming baton himself, considering a 1996 run for President. But the idea of putting himself on that stage - selling himself in sound bites, baring his soul to profile writers and talk-show hosts - would have required...
Rumsfeld was ambitious, imagining himself in the Oval Office one day, and he saw in Cheney a loyal and effective aide but not a rival. When Nixon sent Rumsfeld to run the Cost of Living Council, Rumsfeld again brought Cheney along as his deputy. And when Ford took over for Nixon, appointing Rumsfeld chief of staff, Cheney was at Rumsfeld's side as No. 2; his Secret Service code name was, appropriately, "Backseat." Finally, in November 1975, after Rumsfeld was named Ford's Defense Secretary, Dick Cheney became the youngest White House chief of staff in history...