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...string of legislative victories last spring infused Carter with a new sense of confidence. That notion has been strengthened by an improved White House staff operation that has now absorbed non-Georgians like Anne Wexler, a longtime liberal Democratic organizer. It has also been helped by Aide Gerald Rafshoon's urging that Carter rely on his own instincts to achieve a stronger image of decisiveness...
...committee prepared a press release in advance, outlining its criticisms of social-spending cuts in Carter's new budget. The release, which included such undiplomatic words as "challenged" and "unacceptable," reached White House Aides Hamilton Jordan and Jody Powell as they were celebrating Jerry Rafshoon's 45th birthday. Outraged, the White House staffers decided Bella...
John White emerged, he looked harassed and talked dully. Hamilton Jordan slammed a door against TV cameras. The normally chatty Jerry Rafshoon had nothing to say. Political Coordinator Tim Kraft looked in need of an Alka-Seltzer. The President, who had been privately watching the returns with Rosalynn, did not even appear. At a press conference in Kansas City two days later, he remarked laconically: "I think the Democrats did fairly well on a nationwide basis. But we lost some very key races...
Many other conditions have helped to reduce the parties' circumstances. The relentless attention of pollsters to the public mood means that candidates and officeholders receive their instructions directly from the people, rather than through the party apparatus. Impresarios of media-like White House Adviser Gerald Rafshoon-orchestrate campaigns without the party's help or intervention...
...program be started well ahead of the elections so that the voters would have an opportunity to understand the plan's complex provisions before they go to the polls. "No one will make a decision," complained one White House economist. Jordan sided with Moore. He instructed Jerry Rafshoon to arrange a TV special for the announcement of the new program. There had been talk of Carter giving another informal fireside chat about economic problems, but White House aides thought that would be inappropriate; they wanted Carter to appear as businesslike as possible for the occasion and to address...