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...drama flared over the vice presidential selection. Washington-based Correspondent Walter Isaacson was one of the first journalists to learn of the Bush-for-Ford switch, from a friendly Reagan aide. Chief of Correspondents Richard Duncan swiftly redeployed his forces, including Washington Bureau Chief Robert Ajemian, Congressional Correspondent Neil MacNeil, Senior Correspondent Laurence Barrett and National Political Correspondent John Stacks. A series of TIME breakfasts and lunches with ranking Republicans had provided an informed commentary on the dynamics of the convention, and the questions did not always come from the press side of the table. When the subject...
...ticket composed of a once and a (possibly) future President were political drama of the highest order. How the effort to get Ford to run with Reagan began and ballooned and why it finally burst is told in this story reported by TIME Correspondents Robert Ajemian, Laurence Barrett, Neil MacNeil and Hugh Sidey...
...conservatives who saw a strong campaign issue and made the most of it, reports TIME Congressional Correspondent Neil MacNeil. The idea originated with Charls Walker, tax lobbyist for a number of big corporations and now a Reagan adviser. Walker sent a memo to Reagan headquarters last month to urge action, and when Reagan went to Chicago two weeks ago for a meeting with top strategists, he made his pitch in person. "There's no question we need this," said Reagan. "Any negatives?" "No negatives," said Walker. "Let's do it," said Reagan...
Muskie told TIME Congressional Correspondent Neil MacNeil: "In terms of the violation of international are entitled to nothing. We could be involved in this kind of standoff for the indefinite future unless, without submitting to blackmail, we can put together a package that builds on the pressures they must feel-the internal fragmentation, their worsening economy, the incursions on their borders...
...night session at the White House, Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd of West Virginia suggested that Senate and House Democrats form teams to work with the Administration's policymakers in drawing up a unified set of budget reductions-in Byrd's words to TIME Correspondent Neil MacNeil, "a package with which we can walk the plank"-and then take it to the Republicans for their ideas. Both Acting Senate Minority Leader Ted Stevens of Alaska and House Republican Leader John Rhodes of Arizona brought groups of their followers to meetings with Miller to trade budget-cutting ideas...