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...wielded far too much power to remain shrouded in obscurity. The character and competence of an Administration is often shaped by those who command offices in the West Wing of the White House. Such has been particularly the case with Ronald Reagan. In his first term, the fractious troika of James Baker, Edwin Meese and Michael Deaver exposed the often passive President to a wide diversity of opinion. In contrast, the ill-fated monolithic regime of Chief of Staff Donald Regan demonstrated that Reagan is far better served by a disparate team than a surrogate Prime Minister...
Initially the First Lady considered Regan's tight management hierarchy a welcome change after the occasional disarray of the troika that ran the first- term White House. But she became annoyed when the overbearing chief of staff seemed to arrogate presidential decision-making responsibilities to himself during Reagan's convalescence from cancer surgery...
During the first four years, when the White House staff was run by the Meese- Deaver-Baker troika, a combine widely hailed by the press for its success, Speakes was cut out of the inner loop and often operated in ignorance of events, for which the same group condemned him. "I fought my way off the floor," recalled Speakes. "When I finally got into the meetings, I had a seat in the corner. When I finally got up to the table, I didn't have any papers or charts...
...comparisons between his White House (and he often sounds as if he believes it is "his" White House) and that managed by his predecessor, James Baker. Regan firmly believes that the pyramid of command he has established is more efficient and less susceptible to discord than the often uneasy troika that Baker formed with Edwin Meese and Michael Deaver...
Falwell puts forth abortion, homosexuality and pornography as an evil troika menacing society. And Democratic leaders try to put forth "family values" of their...