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...Nancy Reagan, chief of staff James A. Baker and his deputy Michael K. Deaver have urged the President to fire Allen for exercising bad judgment, regardless of the question of law violation. One must remember that Allen is not the only aide guilty of this flaw. Budget Director David Stockman showed far worse judgment than Allen when he made a mockery of Reagan's economic program with his damaging comments to the Atlantic Monthly. Likewise, Secretary of State Alexander Haig has often embarrassed the president with his antics, the most recent being his statements to the press that certain people...
Clearly the decision to fire or keep Allen will have nothing to do with his guilt or innocence. And it won't focus, as some White House staffers have suggested, on his having lost effectiveness. Stockman's indiscretions certainly hampered his effectiveness, but instead of facing special tests, he was merely "taken to the woodshed"; the week after we were treated to newspaper pictures showing the budget director working alongside Republican congressmen. Firing Allen will be, instead, the result of White House infighting. It is no secret that Allen and Haig share a mutual dislike. The two have been bickering...
...White House were really interested in hanging on to Allen, the president would be staunchly backing him as he did David Stockman. Instead, his aides are dropping heavy hints that they want Allen out, although presidential counselor Edwin Meese III is reportedly Allen's strongest backer within the administration. This is the reason for the double standard, and why Reagan partisan James J. Kilpatrick, for example, wrote a column entitled "Why Allen Should Be Fired...
...Stockman obviously didn't realize how cynical his recorded remarks to a friendly reporter would look in print. Most interviewing isn't prosecutorial; a sympathetic listener gets the best quotes. In Stockman's case, the cries of betrayal when candor proved disadvantageous were relatively muted and gentlemanly...
...member eager to be earnest about energy finds himself bumped for a Middle Eastern head of state ready to fly across the Atlantic just to Face the Nation or Meet the Press. Suppliants among politicians overnight become the sought-after when they become controversial. Timing can help or hurt. Stockman was to have been Brinkley's first guest on his ABC debut, then canceled out. With a gulp, a disappointed Brinkley conceded that Stockman was wise to lie low a while...