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...most nights. A staff member in the elder Bush's Administration used to leave his office light on and jacket draped over his chair to make it appear he was working all night. That kind of stagecraft isn't effective in the son's halls, says Mary Matalin, who worked for both Bushes. "There is no guilt associated with being able to make a respectable departure," she says...
...Legally, I agree [with Cheney aide Mary Matalin] that it was not an emergency procedure. On the other hand, the procedure was urgent," he said...
...declined to discuss her role for this story and asked that it not be written (cc: Vice President). She is delighted to be back on the inside--and wants to stay. A disciple of the late Lee Atwater, a G.O.P. strategist known for his bareknuckle style, Matalin was deputy manager of Bush Sr.'s '92 campaign, but "she's never worked in a White House," says a friend. "She couldn't pass this opportunity up." The decision hasn't sat well with her equally partisan husband, James Carville. With two kids under six, her job means more Mr. Mom duties...
...Matalin's marriage drives some Republicans crazy. Not only does she consort with Democrats, but her views on some issues, like abortion and homosexuality, place her to the left of social conservatives. If some Republicans question the sanity of marrying a Clinton-loving Democrat, none doubt her fierce loyalty to the G.O.P. or her devotion to the Bush family. As an unpaid adviser to Bush 2000, Matalin remained his relentless booster on CNN, an arrangement she never saw as a conflict. Former President Bush has said that toward the end of his failing re-election bid, he and Matalin were...
...Although Matalin is close to the President, she remains even closer to his father, whom, friends say, she called almost every day during the 2000 campaign. That partly explains how she ended up as an adviser to the man who was the elder Bush's Defense Secretary. It was Cheney's daughter Liz who called Matalin after the election and asked if she would consider working for the Vice President. Matalin jumped at the chance...