Word: teetering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Baker had preferred that Bush appoint a troika consisting of Fuller, Sununu and campaign pollster Bob Teeter, who together would bring the necessary Washington experience, negotiating ability and personal clout to the job -- much like Reagan's first-term team of Baker, Michael Deaver and Ed Meese. But Bush was determined to show his independence. While some members of the transition team seemed thrilled to see the President-elect make a bold decision, others recalled that Bush was not always at his best on his own. Said a skeptical adviser: "There was a lot about this week that was reminiscent...
...saying "I did all the damage I could," Bush stared out a window and muttered, "That's sick.") That Saturday morning, Atwater told Bush he was dead even in the polls and that only the "Straddle" ad would put him over the top. Bush looked over at pollster Bob Teeter and said, "I thought you said I was 5 or 6 up!" Teeter shrugged. New Hampshire Governor John Sununu, Bush's state chairman, assured him the voters could handle the ad. Finally, Barbara Bush chimed in, "I don't see anything wrong with it." Bush decided he had no choice...
Bush pollster Robert Teeter, interviewed onNBC-TV's "Meet the Press," rejected complaintsthat the vice president had run a nasty campaignand said private GOP surveys showed Bush leadingby a bigger margin than reported by the network...
...Teeter said he believed the number of voterswho were wavering was much lower, "somewhat under10 percent...
...structure is more formal at Bush headquarters, where Baker's authority $ is explicit as well as implicit. At 7:30 each morning, seated around the conference table in Baker's office are roughly the same seven or eight key people, including Atwater, TV guru Roger Ailes, pollster Robert Teeter and chief of staff Craig Fuller. "What's the line of the day?" is Baker's invariable call to order -- and that question perfectly encapsulates the bumper-sticker mind-set that dominates both campaigns. Teeter provides the initial answer, usually based on his latest polling. The mood is virtually always...