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...have sought information on Clinton's alleged extramarital affairs and stalled G.O.P. approval of the New York state budget, thus helping keep Governor Mario Cuomo from challenging Bush, but have insulated themselves by having the dirty work performed by trusted G.O.P. political consultants. Bush campaign chairman Robert Teeter and five of his colleagues independently denied the allegations...
Never mind, too, that Perot received a thank-you note from Bush in late 1986 after he passed along some harmless gossip about the Bush kids. What mattered was that Bush had found a way to throw the wily Perot on the defensive. "The public found out," said Robert Teeter, Bush's campaign chairman, that Perot "is not the kind of person who has the character, the judgment and the temperament to be President...
...potential for demagoguery on this issue is huge. Again and again, high-profile foreign investment cases spark new rounds of foreigner-bashing that all too often teeter on the edge of racism. Previous cases such as the sale of the Rockefeller Center to Japanese real estate moguls and the more recent purchase of the Seattle Mariners by Japanese investors come to mind...
...with family values. Bush likes to pretend he finds such negative tactics distasteful. When encouraged to comment on his sidekick's speeches, Bush is careful to distance himself with such lines as, "You better ask Mr. Quayle." But the Vice President isn't free-lancing; Bush campaign chairman Bob Teeter personally approved Quayle's characterization of Perot. As a Quayle staffer puts it, "Bush's genius is that he's always kept people around him to do his dirty work...
Slow to realize Perot's potential, Bush's lieutenants are still split over the answer. White House chief of staff Sam Skinner, Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady and campaign chief Bob Mosbacher continue to doubt that the Perot challenge will survive past Labor Day. But Quayle, campaign chairman Bob Teeter and manager Fred Malek, stunned that Bush is dropping in the polls even while the economy is improving, are starting to hedge their bets...