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...violent mood. Dunne is a masterly setter of scenes and a merciless satirist, whether the target is an incontinent captain of industry or a criminal who has been packaged as a black revolutionary and needs an investment adviser: "The Merc and I were thinking more along the lines of Ornstein and Shay. Tax specialists . . . Estate planning. Top litigators. On the civil side, of course...
...hard." Some observers doubt that the Reaganauts, except perhaps for the President himself, have any great gift for the art of political compromise. Indeed, just about the only aide left in Reagan's inner circle who is adept at handling Congress, Mitch Daniels, may leave the Administration soon. Norman Ornstein, a political scientist at the American Enterprise Institute, says that with the exception of Daniels, "I don't think there's a single individual in the White House with a good understanding of how to work with Capitol Hill...
...issue, the popular President can take his case to the American people. The Democrats will tread carefully to avoid getting blamed for unpopular revenue increases or budget decisions. "They're in charge," says White House Aide William Ball, "and they're going to have to be accountable." A.E.I.'s Ornstein believes that the new majority has learned some lessons from the past. "The Democrats will not want to be Mondale-ized on taxes," says he. "They will not want to be Carter-ized on foreign policy...
...citizen. And so the most coveted ticket in Washington has become a seat on the House-Senate conference committee that will meet, probably the week of July 14, to put in final shape a radical overhaul of federal tax law. With billions riding even on technical provisions, says Norman Ornstein, an expert on Congress at the American Enterprise Institute, the tax-bill negotiations "will be the conference of the century...
Indeed, Dole predicted that tax reform was "unstoppable" and that Congress would have a tax-overhaul bill "on the President's desk by Labor Day." The Senate leaders are "trying to create a self-fulfilling prophecy," noted Congressional Expert Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute. Even so, most Hill watchers were betting that Dole's prediction would come true...