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a candidate whose industry background and conservation interests will have appealed to Clinton's philosophy of compromise.
linton has picked a team of untapped potential; he organised a brilliant campaign around a similar cadre. But it is possible that in discriminating positively and in trying to avoid any controversial ideological choices he may have thrown several people into waters way out of their depth. By picking the bland and the competent as well as the young and interested, Clinton keeps his options open and his control clear. It is possible that he is reserving more of the bright policy sparks for the second tier of government the Under Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries who make the real difference in governmental effectiveness. Many of those will not be appointed for several
months yet.
Conclusions
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The American people voted for change. In his inauguration address, Clinton continued to promise it. After Inauguration Day, however, he is immediately thrown into the same intractable foreign policy areas which preoccupied Bush in his last year in office. At the same time, he takes over an economy which appears to be righting itself without the need for intervention. But he has been handed a budget deficit larger than expected and, as he has already admitted, not likely to be influenced by the policies he has advocated. He will find it difficult to deliver the change he has promised.
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He will find his first 100 days harder than he imagined. will not be able to devote personal attention to all issues as he is accustomed to; and he will find that he is blown off course by crises. He will be forced to make decisions he had hoped to delay; he has yet to reach decisions on several promised issues. He is not "hitting the ground running"; must quickly take decisive action on the economy if he is to avoid creating an impression of disarray. In his initial period in office, we must expect some lack of focus.
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