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...Bush, former New Hampshire Governor John H. Sununu and a number of political pundits have argued, Bush's 1988 primary win in the Granite State played a critical role in securing him the Republican nomination...
...past, the Kennedy School has hosted such faded luminaries as Michael S. Dukakis and Henry Kissinger, who spent a memorable week last year doing the weather on one of those morning news shows. Who is next for a fellowship offer, John Sununu? Will he be teaching economics or public relations? Or, perhaps, ethics...
George Bush versus the White House. John Sununu's still on the payroll in the West Wing, and everyone still hates him. Even so, the new chief of staff, Sam Skinner, is holding a tight leash on his predecessor. Since December, CNN has been trying to get Sununu to take Buchanan's place on "Crossfire" (or simply to appear on a show), but he always has to "check with Sam," and Sam never lets him play...
Meanwhile, Skinner is not much better than Sununu was at improving the president's image. The Japan trip was a fiasco, and Skinner let budget director Richard G. Darman talk Bush into stalling on new economic proposals until last Tuesday, during the State of the Union address. The yearly snoozer of a speech was probably watched by lots of people. Some may have even paid attention. None will remember...
...President's ear? ROBERT TEETER, his chief political strategist, is emerging as first among equals on the campaign staff. An Ann Arbor, Mich., pollster and longtime Bush adviser, Teeter was largely frozen out of the inner circle during the past three years by ex-powermeister John Sununu. But lately he has revived an old alliance with the new White House chief of staff, Sam Skinner. One reason they get along: Teeter's strategic skills complement Skinner's managerial strengths. Both men enjoy unlimited access to Bush. Teaming up on nearly everything, the two meet nightly for 90 minutes to talk...