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...things that flowed from Desert Storm were marvelous," says Bush. "It led to the Madrid meeting on the Middle East, and that led to the handshake on the White House lawn between Arafat and Rabin. And NAFTA was our baby. Clinton, once he got through trying to get by the labor and environmental crowd, worked like hell for it. Give him credit. But it was our deal...
...like the citizenry voting on NAFTA,"Gabay said. "You let the people involved in it,who know the issues, vote...
...recognizer that the only way it can get any attention whatsoever from the liberal campus is by offending it. As an editorialist, I know that people don't read and remember the things you write unless you say something shocking or insulting. For instance, if this editorial were about NAFTA or Bosnia, you would probably glance over the first column, maybe skim the first lines of the remaining paragraphs, and then turn to Dilbert...
Clinton went through this process last year on the budget, NAFTA and health care, holding as many as 30 meetings with key advisers on each subject. Clinton took copious notes in those sessions, always asked the best question, sometimes taking an opposing view when his advisers had reached consensus. Says a political adviser: "He likes to ask, 'How would this play? What would the arguments be?' Or 'Let's hear the toughest case,' so that he can get a sense of the real-world fight he is going to have on his hands later...
...Clinton's method is so cumbersome and time consuming that he cannot afford to internalize every decision. Several officials note that Clinton did not fully embrace NAFTA until September, leaving himself an uphill climb that consumed most of the fall. "It takes a while," said an official. "The danger is that sometime it is going to take too long...