Word: strategists
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...says a top Republican strategist about what Gerald Ford would-and would not-do if he is elected. Since Ford has portrayed himself throughout the campaign as the champion of limited Government, he would interpret a victory as proof that the people want Washington to play a diminished role in their lives, and he would surely be emboldened to fight even harder for his policies of restraint...
...Joseph Grandmaison, the strategist of Senator George McGovern's victory in the 1972 New Hampshire primary, is waging with some success a battle against an incumbent whom many had presumed to be unbeatable...
...troops." Ford also talked about his list with nine top advisers over coffee and nightcaps in his hotel suite until shortly after 5 a.m. the night of his nomination. The nine: Griffin, Rockefeller, White House Chief of Staff Richard Cheney, Texas Senator John Tower, Campaign Pollster Robert Teeter, Campaign Strategist Stuart Spencer, Counsellor John Marsh, former Defense Secretary Melvin Laird and Veteran G.O.P. Presidential Adviser Bryce Harlow. When the consultants adjourned, exhausted, they were still uncertain whether the President had made up his mind. Not until they reconvened four hours later did Ford's final choice emerge, and then only...
JOHN SEARS, 36, gained considerable respect from both sides as a shrewd campaign strategist, although his reputation suffered when the Schweiker gambit failed. Sears also made the questionable decisions that kept Reagan out of such big-state primaries as New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, on the theory that powerful party organizations would ensure rich delegate harvests for Ford. Some Reagan supporters faulted Sears for making a floor test on a procedural matter (whether Ford should have had to name his running mate in advance) rather than an ideological issue like detente. When this second gamble failed, Reagan was through...
...campaign, Griffin will be a key strategist, and could be called upon for a larger role if Ford fails to close the gap opened by Jimmy Carter. Should Ford eventually win, his fellow Michigander and former House Colleague Griffin could have a key appointive post. More probably, he would choose to remain in the Senate, and move up to Republican leader next January...