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...final decision was made by a selection committee including former presidential candidate Bob Dole, David Gergen, Leon Panetta, columnist Robert Samuelson, historian Robert Remini, civil rights leader Roger Wilkins and journalist Cokie Roberts. Former presidents George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter were honorary chairs of the selection committee...
Even as officials who worked for Clinton concede the point, they argue that Bush's approach may not survive rough times. "These are high-pressure jobs," says Leon Panetta, who served more than two years as Clinton's chief of staff. "Someone has to carry the load, especially when there's a crisis." Bush has enjoyed a smooth stroll through his first six weeks on the job, but some say his need for order and structure makes him appear unsteady and slow to react when confronted with an off-the-script event. When he fumbled his remarks about North Korea...
...technical background of many OMB directors. As the man responsible for preparing Bush's first budget, due in February, he will be introduced to thousands of government programs to determine which ones to cut and which ones to enlarge. "It's tough on-the-job training," said Leon Panetta, Bill Clinton's first OMB director. Even Panetta, who chaired the House Budget Committee, learned the hard way that small decisions can make big enemies. His 1993 spending program passed by a single Democratic vote in the House, and in the Senate he alienated his party's powerful Appropriations chairman, Robert...
...candidate who reinvents his campaign as often as he changes his wardrobe. "Once he locks in, he'll lock in and be much tougher to move, whereas Bill Clinton used to continue to cogitate even after he made a decision," says former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta...
Some are worried that the isolation of the Oval Office would reinforce Gore's political weaknesses. "He kind of runs his own show," Panetta says of Gore. "He doesn't have a senior group of elders that he talks to for guidance. If there's one recommendation I would make to the new Administration, it's that he should develop that, because the job is enough of an island...