are considering establishing Domestic and Economic Councils in the
The President will receive White House in parallel to the NSC. three daily briefings. Clinton's style was highly interventionist. If they follow this route the Chief of Staff will be lower profile, possibly someone like Eli Segal rather than a Sununu-type figure. The cut of 25% in the White House staff will be achieved by transferring people from the White House to Departmental pay rolls.
Personnel
He will want to
4. Clinton, Gore, Christopher and Hillary have drawn up shortlists for Cabinet positions, but the names on the lists are being tightly held. They had first drawn up objectives for each job and then put
Clinton will be forward lists of names to match the objectives. looking for policy skills and management ability. appoint people loyal to his programme not people with their own agendas. He is also determined to ensure that Sub Cabinet appointments are not just fiefdons for Secretaries, but owe him loyalty too. There will be strict White House oversight of
The DLC appointments, even if this means delay in filling posts. are cockahoop at the appointment of Riley to oversee Sub Cabinet
If the 300 key appointees and From to oversee domestic policy.
jobs for their domestic agenda go to conservative democrats the rest can be given to liberals. They do not want to go too far down the hierarchy in making political appointments and may leave some Republicans in place. They have however warned the White House against transforming Republican political appointees to career posts in the bureaucracy.
Political
5.
Clinton will not fall into Bush's error of divorcing politics from governing. He will carry on campaigning throughout his Presidency. They will shortly announce an 800 number for the public to call in ideas, Clinton and surrogates will appear on call-in radio shows and he will hold an electronic town hall before Christmas. He will make a point of travelling around the country two days a week after the first 100 days - and make an effort to emulate Reagan as a communicator. They will maintain State liaisons. Clinton wants to loosen the Secret Service protection but is not oblivious to the risk of assassination. Clinton's aim is partly to avoid losing touch, but also to appeal over the heads of Congress direct to the electorate.
Governing Style
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6. Betsey Wright believed Clinton would insist on lobbying Congress direct. He would be just as likely to call a Republican as a Democrat. The criticism of him as a compromiser was misplaced. He was good at making other people compromise while making them think he had done so. In any case compromise was what government was about. While Clinton would not be obsessed with details as Carter had been he would keep control of domestic policy in the White House. There would not be Cabinet Government. Gore had done well so far in keeping himself involved in decision making and might be able to play an important behind the scenes role in