Word: regan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...White House. Such has been particularly the case with Ronald Reagan. In his first term, the fractious troika of James Baker, Edwin Meese and Michael Deaver exposed the often passive President to a wide diversity of opinion. In contrast, the ill-fated monolithic regime of Chief of Staff Donald Regan demonstrated that Reagan is far better served by a disparate team than a surrogate Prime Minister...
...Barber 41 29 33 62 43 105 Nelson Emerson 43 26 34 60 14 28 Scott Paluch 43 13 38 51 40 80 Greg Parks 43 23 27 50 22 52 Brian McKee 40 18 31 49 38 93 Andy Gribble 43 18 18 36 13 26 Brent Regan 41 12 17 29 11 22 Marc Potvin 41 5 15 20 27 70 Todd Flichel 40 4 15 19 31 62 Joe Quinn 37 4 13 17 11 22 Mike Natyshak 43 5 10 15 45 101 Rob Urban 27 5 8 13 23 54 Chad Arthur...
...most vitriolic attack came from New York Times Columnist William Safire. He wrote of Mrs. Reagan's "extraordinary vindictiveness" in dumping Regan and called her an "incipient Edith Wilson," referring to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson's control of the White House after her husband was incapacitated by a stroke in 1919. Nancy Reagan, rasped Safire, is "unelected and unaccountable, presuming to control the actions and appointments of the Executive Branch...
...First Lady added to the hubbub with a doozy of a double entendre that may have been an innocent reference to her childhood but was interpreted as a parting shot at Regan. Appearing at a convention in Washington of the American Camping Association, she told the audience of her girlhood camping experiences: "I don't think most people associate me with leeches or how to get them off. But I know how to get them off. I'm an expert...
...defense. "Rubbish," said Columnist George Will of the flood of press accounts. The First Lady shrugged off the accusations as "ridiculous." Indeed, while she is by no means bashful about offering advice to her husband, the evidence indicates that she is not quite so all-powerful as the Regan affair suggested. The President resisted sacking his chief of staff until the end of February despite Regan's all too public feud with Nancy. Her influence, though, is unquestionably special. Last Wednesday, which happened to be the Reagans' 35th wedding anniversary, the President said, as he often does when people...