Word: wirthlin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...raising new money, Reagan seemed to be walking on eggs. He kept looking for other ways to shrink the deficits. There were none that he would accept, such as delaying the tax cuts voted last year. The figures grew worse, and the secret polls brought around by Richard Wirthlin showed the public souring on Reagan's presidency. Something began to change inside Reagan. He was struggling...
Opinion surveys taken in May and June, both by Reagan's own pollster Richard Wirthlin and by The New York Times with CBS, indicate that over 50 percent of the populace continue to believe that Reaganomics "has helped" or "will eventually help" the economy. What is most amazing here is not the majority's patience in expecting positive results from what John Anderson rightfully termed "snake-oil economics"--but rather, that they persist in believing that the policy was ever designed to help anyone but Reagan's political creditors in the upper class...
...ides of March looms as a crucial time. Pollster Richard Wirthlin and Counsellor Ed Meese have warned the President that just about now President Carter began to yield to outside clamor. He lost his power through retreat and vacillation...
...Economist, a thoughtful publication that has kept meticulous accounts on Reagan. He has, the magazine noted, "astonished both his friends and his opponents . . . this is the week for ordinary people to call to him a clear 'bravo.' " Apparently the American people have been doing that. Pollster Richard Wirthlin last week hustled his latest sampling out to Reagan in California. It showed deepening support across the country-a feeling that Reagan's recent actions, from his victory over the air controllers right up to his air victory over Libya, have clearly been in the national interest...
...name of President Reagan came up. Here some new actors enter the picture. Lori A. Forman, a Kennedy School class marshall and long-time Republican activist, worked in the Washington office of Decision Making, Inc., a polling and research firm run by master Reagan strategist Richard L. Wirthlin. Forman "informally" discussed with Wirthlin the idea of Reagan's appearing at commencement. Wirthlin apparently brought the matter up with Deaver's office, which handled some aspects of presidential planning and appearances. The response was encouraging. Despite the assassination attempt which wounded Reagan on March 30, the president planned to accept invitations...