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...adviser, and others in the White House seem to sense Bush's fear and listlessness. In a get-together with Harvard students earlier this summer, Porter, a former Harvard professor, spent much of his time defending Bush' commitment to domestic policy. The next week, Chief of Staff Samuel K. Skinner told the same group that no one should stay in Washington too long, referring to member of Congress but sounding like Bill Clinton. Both men appeared defensive, even in the Roosevelt Room among doting Institute of Politics wonks...
This point is echoed by mid-level officials at the White House and Bush campaign headquarters. They are worried that the President and several of his top advisers -- campaign manager Robert Teeter, White House chief of staff Sam Skinner, Treasury Secretary Nick Brady -- are far too confident that in the end, all that matters is "presidential stature." Teeter explains that in "the last weeks of the campaign, the voters will look at the candidates on a different basis than they do now: on who has the temperament, judgment, experience and character to serve as President. We're very confident...
PRODUCTION: Joseph J. Scafidi (Deputy); Trang Ba Chuong, Theresa Kelliher, L. Rufino-Armstrong (Supervisors); Robert L. Becker, Silvia Castaneda Contreras, Michael Dohne, Osmar Escalona, Garry Hearne, Agustin Lamboy, Jeannine Laverty, Janet L. Lugo, Peter J. McGullam, Sandra Maupin, Michael Skinner...
...instance, it was during a sleepy Bush vacation in Jackson Hole, Wy. that Campaign chair Robert Teeter and Chief of Staff Samuel K. Skinner were first asked about the Quayle rumors and the rumors that Bush...
...undisciplined campaigner who is prone to sloppy mistakes without a full-time minder. He continues to insist, for example, that Americans are wrong to think the economy is sputtering, even though his own Administration's statistics prove them right and him wrong. "Bob Teeter, Fred Malek and Sam Skinner are all too nice," said an official, referring respectively to Bush's campaign managers and chief of staff. "We need somebody who has the guts to go into the Oval Office, slam his hand down on the desk and say, 'George, shut...