Word: winging
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...private and not-so-private asides to the party's right wing all year long, Bush signaled that he was far more conservative than his father ever was. But the party's right wing hasn't missed the most distinctive thing about the Bush team's ideology--it's lack of any to speak of. Aside from his notably conservative running mate, Dick Cheney, nearly everybody on most of the Bush short lists for a top position--from logistics-whiz Joe Allbaugh to international-law consultant Robert Zoellick--is an experienced Republican pragmatist. Yet Bush's aides have been sensitive...
...Pentagon, perhaps because everyone knows he will look first to Powell and Cheney on military matters. Already one top contender has withdrawn: with Powell's backing, Bush floated Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge for the spot, but Ridge withdrew about the same time that the G.O.P.'s right wing began to whisper out loud that the one-time Army artilleryman was soft on defense. Now leading the short list is retired Indiana Senator Dan Coats, a former Senate aide to Dan Quayle, whose selection would make the conservatives happier...
...Bush's father, who backed him during a heated confirmation battle. On the other hand, court appointees have a long history of defying political expectations and going their independent way. President Bush's first nominee to the court was David Souter, now a stalwart of the court's "liberal" wing...
...makes perfect sense that the son plans to turn his West Wing over to the one man from his father's era who was seen inside as the anti-Sununu: Andy Card. Described as fair, tireless and completely loyal by colleagues, Card was the one person Bush aides and family members could go to with their complaints and requests when Sununu was being his usual unpleasant self. Says Bush now: "Andy Card is an experienced, low-keyed person who understands the definition of chief of staff is not junior President, but is the chief of a staff of very high...
Card worked last week putting the finishing touches on a team of West Wing veterans from the last time around, junior advisers who have all spent eight years in the private sector, made some money, and are ready to move up a couple of notches. Josh Bolten, who toiled in the Trade Representative's office for Dad, is in line to be the domestic policy chief. Economist Larry Lindsey, who did policy for W.'s father before being named to the Federal Reserve Board, is the favorite to take over the Economic Policy Council. Lindsey is the father of Bush...