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Indeed, something was needed. The staff Carter transplanted to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue from his Georgia-based presidential campaign was from the start young, inexperienced and fundamentally disorganized. Worse, its members came to Washington with chips on their shoulders about the city's entrenched political establishment. Jordan himself refused even to meet most of the Democratic congressional leadership. "I'm sure I've met him," Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd loftily remarked last week. "But I've never had a conversation with...
When Jordan last week asked O'Neill for some advice, the crusty Speaker, who has long called the new chief of staff "Hannibal Jerkin," scolded the White House aide about his failure to deal with Congress. Said the Speaker: "There should be close relations between the Congress and the man who has the President's ear. I've never understood why he wasn't at the leadership breakfasts." But by meeting's end O'Neill had turned avuncular, giving Jordan a list of names of Congressmen and key aides he should get to know...
...work, Jordan has trouble saying no to friends and has accumulated some misfits on his own staff. His attire until last year was defiantly casual, featuring open-necked shirts and ankle-high boots. He seemed to work harder on his tennis game than on most policy problems. Says one friend: "Hamilton has been lax because he's had no specific responsibility...
Jordan did not particularly want to be chief of staff, but he vowed, "If I do it, it won't be done in a half-assed way." As he took command last week, he seemed determined to carry out that pledge. Said he: "I'll have to change in a number of ways. I'll have to change my approach and my attitude to my work. I know what I do well and what I don't do well. What I do well is, I plan. I am organized in my head...
...Miller should have broad powers and a fairly free hand in formulating policy. Miller is also going to assume Blumenthal's key roles as chairman of the Economic Policy Group and chief economic spokesman. Still, Miller probably will discover that he will be working with a White House staff more interested in politics than policy...