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There lingers, too, an affection for the man and an awe of the office that, if properly marshaled, could get the country solidly behind him again. A White House staffer chuckled last week as he recalled the tart-tongued Pat Schroeder, Democrat from Colorado, knifing through the mob at the White House Christmas party so she could be photographed with the President. Indeed, several hundred color shots of legislators posing with the President landed on congressional desks last week, and many of the prints are already down in the frame shop. The newcomers were openly eager for their first invitation...
...military spending. Most Democrats do not want to appear soft on defense, which could be politically damaging. Still, many Democrats, along with a number of Republicans, remain convinced that the U.S. cannot afford as much of an arms buildup as Reagan has proposed. Says a Capitol Hill staffer: "If there were a way to provide 3% real growth for defense, you can bet that the Democrats would do it. But the cupboard is bare. There's nothing there...
...telltale signs of creative burnout. Its early initiatives -- cutting taxes, pressing deregulation and launching an expensive U.S. military buildup, for example -- have been largely completed. White House strategists can think of very little that might restore a sense of drive and purpose. "We've accomplished a lot," says a staffer. "What's left is the merchandise that's harder to move...
...Justice Department has indicated that it may ask for an independent counsel in the case of another onetime Reagan staffer, Lyn Nofziger, who is also under investigation for allegedly violating ethics rules on lobbying...
That night, Corazon Aquino hardly slept. Seven times she called her executive secretary, Joker Arroyo, with questions. At 8 a.m. she summoned her Cabinet and asked each member what she should do about Enrile. It was obvious, said a staffer, that she had made up her mind...