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With his ratings plunging in the polls and the 1980 campaign almost upon him, Carter decided to return to his roots. His decision was fortified in part by Caddell's own polls. They reported that Americans had lost confidence in the future, and that it did not matter who was...
He thought that by acting quickly and swiftly dismissing the officials who displeased him, he could project a decisive, take-charge image. Said Hamilton Jordan: "He felt it was better to do it without hesitation so there would not be a cloud of uncertainty and apprehension over some departments for...
> Griffin Bell, the affable Attorney General, who for months had sought permission from his old friend Carter to return home to Georgia. Bell's wife gleefully told a friend in the Senate: "It's the best news I've had since coming to Washington." Griffin's proposed successor is his...
Perhaps the most unfortunate element of the housecleaning was that it provoked new doubts about Carter's understanding of the Federal Government and about his own leadership ability. He apparently intended the mass resignations as a dramatic symbol of a fresh start, as Nixon had done at the beginning of...
The international financial markets responded as they usually do to uncertainty: the price of gold went up, passing $300 an ounce for the first time in history. Among many political experts and professional politicians, including those of his own party, there was a sense that instead of setting the Government...