Word: sununu
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Even with Sununu's and Darman's influence, such stances may in the end prove to be unsustainable. Predicts Senator Albert Gore of Tennessee: "If the Administration persists in its position, eventually it will be so isolated and so embarrassed that the President will have to reverse himself." Thus Bush's campaign pledge would be fulfilled, but against the President's will...
...winds lay calm on the Caribbean that evening, but 30,000 feet up in a White House jet the President's chief of staff was stirring a political storm. Returning to Washington from the inauguration of Costa Rica's new leader, John Sununu wandered to the rear of the Boeing 707 to schmooze with the traveling press. But first he shed his suit jacket, his title and his name. At his insistence, Sununu was now a "senior White House official...
...conversation quickly turned to the hottest topic of the week: Could Sununu reconcile President Bush's campaign pledge of "no new taxes" with his invitation for congressional leaders to join him in budget talks with "no preconditions"? Sununu shook his head impatiently. "We're allowing the Democrats to bring their good arguments for taxes to the table," he said. "And it is our prerogative to say no. And I emphasize...
...then, asked a reporter, could Bush be sincere about no preconditions? Were there any circumstances, another inquired, under which he would trade new taxes for cuts in federal spending? "You've got a one-track mind on a trivial question," Sununu snapped, his voice rising. "Small minds ask small questions...
...says a great deal about John Sununu's reputation for rudeness that, when the "small minds" quote appeared on the front page of the Washington Post the next morning, half the town knew immediately which "senior official" was talking. The Democrats whom Bush was trying to lure into budget talks accused the Administration of negotiating in bad faith. But Sununu had accomplished his goal: reassuring the Republican faithful and the voters that Bush remains staunchly opposed to any broad new taxes. When the President subsequently dissociated himself from Sununu's remarks in a chat with House Speaker Tom Foley...