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Still, the Administration's handling of the miniscandal did much to feed the inquisitiveness of reporters. Reagan had first dismissed the fuss as "much ado about nothing." Budget Director David Stockman, who had used the papers while playing the role of Carter to rehearse Reagan for the debate, claimed that he did not know how the documents had been acquired. Chief of Staff James Baker readily admitted having seen the book and said he got it from CIA Director William Casey, who was then Reagan's campaign manager. Casey said he had "no recollection" of having seen...
...affair immediately put new pressure on a few key Reagan advisers. Stockman's candid observations about the Administration's juggling of budget statistics, quoted in the Atlantic in December 1981, had nearly cost him his job. Now he not only admitted talking to Barrett about the "pilfered" Carter debate book but conceded that he boasted on the very day of the debate about having used it. In a story buried on page 15 of the Elkhart, Ind., Truth newspaper, Stockman, then a Congressman from Michigan, was reported to have told a luncheon audience in Cassopolis, Mich., just what...
William Greider, who wrote the famous David Stockman interview for the Atlantic, warned, "I think we'll be shocked in future years when we learn more about the decision making in this Administration." Helen Thomas, that dogged veteran reporter for United Press International, argued, "The people around Reagan have got him in a cocoon. They feed us just enough to keep us busy." Andrea Mitchell of NBC Nightly TNews added, "I schlepped all the way out to Billings, Mont., for a picture of Reagan in a stagecoach and was never given a chance to ask him a question...
Hodsoll maintained that the book dealt with routine policy issues and did not reveal strategy. But Stockman, who impersonated Carter in a rehearsal debate with Reagan, said that its "advocacy point of view" was "useful as I prepared outlines of possible answers representing the 'other side...
Most economists agree that Volcker will be unable to keep inflation and interest rates down unless the Government curbs its deficits, which Budget Director David Stockman has warned may top $200 billion annually "as far as the eye can see." Figures released last week showed that in May the Government spent $29.3 billion more than it took in, the biggest one-month deficit in U.S. history. As the economy expands in 1984 and 1985, the Goverment's borrowing needs could clash with loan demands by private businesses. Such a conflict would give Volcker only two choices, both unpalatable...