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Ever since Arizona Republican John Rhodes, 64, announced a year ago that he would not seek another term as House G.O.P. leader, a behind-the-scenes battle has been taking place to determine his successor. The contenders: Robert Michel of Illinois and Guy Vander Jagt of Michigan. Though both men are Midwesterners and conservative Reaganites, their personalities and leadership styles are vastly different. Michel is "Mr. Inside," an affable master of backstage compromise and consensus. Vander Jagt is "Mr. Outside," a fiery champion of muscle and confrontation. The outcome could shape the way business is done in the House...
...Michel, 57, who has represented the Peoria area for twelve terms, has been minority whip, the No. 2 Republican leader, since 1975. A veteran of countless floor battles, he is a walking Robert's Rules of Order, well skilled in rallying congressional colleagues to party positions. Known for his ability to work amicably with Democrats, Michel claims that only he could push the Reagan Administration program through a House in which the opposing party will have a 51-vote majority. "I've made a point to have friends on the other side," says Michel. "When our position...
...coming off an 8-6 victory at New Hampshire Tuesday. The squad boasts a formidable attack, led by Jacques de St. Phaille and Michel Deschenes, and the defense is anchored by goaltender Kevin Constantine...
...years he has been stalking his prey, sometimes discreetly, sometimes unabashedly. Last week Michel Rocard finally made his ambitions official. From the town hall he occupies as mayor of the Paris suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, the compact (5 ft. 6 in.), crimson-cheeked economist formally declared that he was challenging François Mitterrand for the Socialist Party's nomination as its candidate against Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in the presidential election next May. Rocard gracefully suggested that Mitterrand, a veteran of more than three decades in French politics, could stay on as party leader...
Rocard became the third major candidate to join France's presidential race. The Communists, to no one's surprise, have designated Party Leader Georges Marchais, 60. Michel Debre, 68, who was Charles de Gaulle's Prime Minister from 1958 to 1962, has launched an independent candidacy designed to discourage Neo-Gaullist Leader and Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac. Rocard, though, is the only French politician given any chance of mounting a credible campaign against Giscard. Recent polls give Rocard more than 48% against Giscard. Mitterrand, who with 49.2% in 1974 came within a hairbreadth of the presidency, scores...