Word: reaganized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Control. Reagan opposed it. Bush, too, is against new federal gun- control laws, but he responded to police and public pressure for controls on military-style assault weapons by banning the imported (though not U.S.-made) semiautomatic rifles...
Bush's aides argue that these differences are a matter of approach and attitude rather than intent. "President Bush has not suddenly turned Democrat or liberal," says press secretary Marlin Fitzwater. "He shares the same goals as President Reagan, but like anyone, he has his own style." Bush also has a different hand to play. His party does not control either house of Congress. He was elected with no specific mandate. He lacks Reagan's gift for rallying public support via television, and the budget crunch leaves him few goodies to trade for political support. Says a senior Bush official...
Chief of staff John Sununu adds, "We're less interested in looking good than in getting results . . . and we're willing to work very closely with Congress to get results." That is where Bush uses tools Reagan never had: energy, intense interest and background in the details of policy and long- standing personal ties to lawmakers and other Washington insiders...
...everybody. Typical was last week's decision to pursue development of both the mobile MX missile and the Midgetman. Either one alone would serve the nation's security needs, but both have strong supporters in Congress. This method smacks of perfidious pragmatism to one of the few papers Reagan is known to read and enjoy, the conservative weekly Human Events, which bristles with articles critical of the new Administration. "I do not think President Bush's concept of the presidency can work," writes Patrick Buchanan, communications director in the Reagan White House. "Americans care much more about ideas and ideals...
...more personal barb came from columnist George Will, who has close ties to the Reagans. He noted archly that when Bush returned from his February trip to Asia, he called to consult with former President Jimmy Carter rather than Reagan. That may explain Bush's eagerness last week to recruit Reagan for special diplomatic missions to Asia and elsewhere...