Watching George McGovern hop on the presidentialmerry-go-round again makes you wonder whatmakes them run.After all,George didn’t have avery merry ride the last time—but the older they get,the harder they try.There’...Watching George McGovern hop on the presidentialmerry-go-round again makes you wonder whatmakes them run.After all,George didn’t have avery merry ride the last time—but the older they get,the harder they try.There’s something admirable about it,but alsosomething very sad.Here’s even Harold Stassen,the Young Lochinvar of the 1944 campaign,cryingfor his lost chances and still reaching for the brassring6 40 years later.展开更多
President Reagan’s White House staff isdivided into three parts:the upstairs part headedby the pragmatic James Baker,the downstairspart headed by the conservative William Clark,and the backstairs part patrolled by th...President Reagan’s White House staff isdivided into three parts:the upstairs part headedby the pragmatic James Baker,the downstairspart headed by the conservative William Clark,and the backstairs part patrolled by theirassistants,who tell the press about the differencesbetween upstairs and downstairs.There have been differences among mostpresidents’advisers ever since Thomas Jeffer-son was accused of relying on an"invisible,inscrutable"group of associates that engagedin"backstairs influence."So the current ru-mors of a struggle for the president’s mind amongthe Big Four—Mr.Baker,Mr.Clark。展开更多
文摘Watching George McGovern hop on the presidentialmerry-go-round again makes you wonder whatmakes them run.After all,George didn’t have avery merry ride the last time—but the older they get,the harder they try.There’s something admirable about it,but alsosomething very sad.Here’s even Harold Stassen,the Young Lochinvar of the 1944 campaign,cryingfor his lost chances and still reaching for the brassring6 40 years later.
文摘President Reagan’s White House staff isdivided into three parts:the upstairs part headedby the pragmatic James Baker,the downstairspart headed by the conservative William Clark,and the backstairs part patrolled by theirassistants,who tell the press about the differencesbetween upstairs and downstairs.There have been differences among mostpresidents’advisers ever since Thomas Jeffer-son was accused of relying on an"invisible,inscrutable"group of associates that engagedin"backstairs influence."So the current ru-mors of a struggle for the president’s mind amongthe Big Four—Mr.Baker,Mr.Clark。
