Word: strategist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...here," says Charles. "It was nice to know that she cared." But many newspaper editorialists and a large portion of the citizenry thought the extravagance unseemly. "She was one of the best single targets for the opposition's attacks about 'fairness' and special interests," says a White House strategist. Thin-skinned Nancy Reagan was wounded by the criticism, especially since the White House really was badly in need of repairs. "That absolutely uncalled-for attack by some in the media with regard to the refurbishing and painting a few walls in the White House," says the President, "that was very...
...comrades. Syria's Assad, eager to seize control of the Palestinian movement, fanned the revolt by giving Abu Mousa's troops financial aid and a safe haven in eastern Lebanon. "The Syrians want Arafat's head," recently explained Abu Iyad, the P.L.O.'s chief political strategist. "They want to remove the symbol of the revolution because their real aim is to have the P.L.O. as a political card in Assad's pocket...
...flicking on Tuesday evening and the vote totals appeared, the thud of defeat was at last palpable. The party has now lost four of the past five presidential elections. It is being deserted by the nation's middle class and, perhaps even worse, by the young. One Democratic strategist, a key figure in the past four presidential campaigns, seemed almost excited by his own gloominess. "This party is in the worst shape of my lifetime! The worst since the Civil War! If the old forces hold on," he said of the Democratic Establishment, "this party is not going...
...parochial agenda singlemindedly. Hispanic organizations oppose the Simp-son-Mazzoli immigration bill? Then so does the Democratic Party. Unions want to limit imports of foreign automobiles? Then so does the party. "We are the accumulated wish list of all our constituency groups," says Colorado Governor Richard Lamm. Democratic Strategist Patrick Caddell, an adviser to the Gary Hart campaign last spring, has been screaming the same thing for years. "Instead of being just fiercely protective of particular interests, like women's rights," Caddell suggests, "the party must be far more assertive about national interests...
...every major union except the Teamsters, who opted for Reagan. After stumbling badly in the early primaries, Mondale relied on union money and muscle to grind down Gary Hart in New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Michigan. "Without labor, we would not have been the nominee," admits one Mondale strategist...