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When George Bush gathered 36 political advisers around a Camp David conference table last August to discuss the 1992 campaign, most of his guests jockeyed for choice seats near Bush or chief of staff John Sununu. Avoiding the fray, however, was Sam Skinner, who entered the room last and quietly took a seat along the back wall. While others injected unsolicited opinions and tried to score points with the boss, Skinner spoke only when Bush requested his opinion, which, according to one participant, happened frequently. "It was clear to everybody in the room that John Sununu was still Bush...
...years as Secretary of Transportation, Skinner has emerged as the Administration's top crisis manager, a loyalist whose tenacity and competence have earned him Bush's respect and admiration. Most important, the 53-year-old Illinois lawyer lacks both the ideological agenda and know-it-all arrogance that made Sununu an enemy of nearly everyone in Washington. "He wanted someone in the job as loyal as John," Skinner said last week in an interview with TIME, "and he wanted someone who gets along with people...
Notice also how no one is blaming the White House mailroom for sending off the envelopes too early. With all the disarray among the President's advisers, it's not inconceivable that former Chief of Staff John H. Sununu occasionally stamped postage on packages behind Bush's back. No, this was a concerted attempt to humiliate Shamir...
...President Is Reeling, and Sununu Could Take the Blame...
...challenge pro-lifers when the '92 delegates are selected. Insisting that "no one wants to hurt the President," Stone's suggested platform language would gracefully bow to Bush's antiabortion views while stating clearly that dissent from the President's stance can be tolerated by the party without recrimination. Sununu, naturally, is against watering down the pro-life provisions. In mid- September he stated that the President will accept "no change" in the platform. But on Oct. 8 Vice President Dan Quayle indicated that Atwater's Big Tent is both politically wise and consistent with Bush's thinking. Either Sununu...