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There may be a bunch of Politicians outside the fence, mad and complaining. Inside at high summer it isn't a bad life. Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter like to watch from the Truman Balcony as the swifts dive and soar in the evening light. They tilt back and forth in their Brumby rockers and quaff homemade-in-the-White-House lemonade by the quart (Maître d' John Ficklin's brew of fresh-squeezed lemons, a touch of sugar and a sprig of mint, served in tall glasses...
...music Jimmy Carter has catholic tastes. Among his favorites: Mozart, Bob Dylan, and Willie Nelson, 45, carousing king of outlaw country. At the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md., the shirt-sleeved President and his pantsuited wife Rosalynn helicoptered in from Camp David to join the ranks of 12,000 fans and hear Willie match vocal cords with Emmylou Harris, 31. When Willie finished Georgia on My Mind, Carter emerged from the sidelines, and the two good ole boys who made good wrapped each other...
White House insiders are split as to whether Rosalynn actually influences her husband's policy decisions. Most believe she simply raises questions from an intuitive, common-sense perspective, helping him to clarify his thinking. "She's no intellectual," says one friend, "but she has exceedingly strong feelings about things." Another puts it more bluntly: "She is very opinionated." Frequently consulted in the President's speech drafting, Mrs. Carter says: "If I can't understand something, then the American public is certainly not going to understand it either." But she insists, "I don't consider myself...
Others are not so certain. Claims one occupant of the White House West Wing: "If you want Jimmy to do something, you'd better get Rosalynn on your side first." And Carter has confided smilingly to at least one staffer: "I've never won an argument with her, and the only times I thought I had, I found out the argument wasn't over...
...agree that Rosalynn's interests are dedicated in a very old-fashioned way to furthering her husband's career. It was her idea to bring in Gerald Rafshoon as a staffer in an effort to reverse the decline in the President's prestige. A sharp appraiser of people and their talents, she also urged the shift of Presidential Aide Tim Kraft from scheduling appointments to advising on political matters. Says Kraft: "Jimmy places the greatest stock in her judgments of people. Her word is gospel." Adds Press Secretary Jody Powell: "Her political judgment is very good...