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...former Republican strategist has become famous for casting a mighty and mysterious spell on the presidency. But the true magic of Morris isn't so much making Clinton understand that the American majority dances to a Republican tune, or extracting great ideas from Mark Penn's and Doug Schoen's zeitgeist-tracking polls, or rummaging through the bureaucracy looking for programs that help the President appear relevant. Morris' gift is to be a psychological trip wire for Clinton, pushing ideological gambits so far across the spectrum that Clinton can just say no. When the consultant wanted Clinton to roll back...
...three voices, and the choices are obvious: the rant of Hitler, the rumble of Churchill . and the single, seamless sound blended from the warble of the Andrews Sisters: Maxene, Patti and LaVerne. The trio first flew up the charts with 1937's bilingual Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen, a Yiddish ditty infused with the giddy, jivey spirit that followed G.I.s around the globe. Wartime hits included Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (1941) and Rum and Coca-Cola (1944). The 1967 death of LaVerne ended the Andrews Sisters' career--but not Maxene's. She went solo, wrote a memoir and recently helped...
...very smart guy," Stephanopoulos says of Morris, "and a good friend of the President." So smart, in fact, that Morris is considered the top candidate to be the re-election campaign's senior strategist. Other Morris allies have the inside track on top campaign slots, including pollster Doug Schoen, who worked for Ross Perot in 1992, and media consultants Frank Greer and Bob Squier...
...well. The prediction was so prescient that Clinton, though hardly lacking for advisers, has continued to partake of Morris' counsel, usually over the phone but sometimes during private sessions in the White House residence. He even directed the Democratic National Committee to hire Morris's favorite polling firm, Penn & Schoen Associates of New York City, which worked for Clinton rival Ross Perot in 1992. Since December, Penn & Schoen has conducted surveys that compete with those of Clinton's regular pollster, Stan Greenberg...
...opened areelection campaignoffice a few blocks from the White House. Clinton is expected to offertop roles in the campaignto political consultant James Carville and pollster Stanley Greenberg, with Carville possibly getting the job of campaign manager and Greenberg sharing the polling duties with the New York firm of Penn & Schoen. Clinton is also expected to designate Terrence McAuliffe, former Democratic National Committee finance director, as the campaign's finance chairman...