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Monday, November 9, 1992
ELECTION'92
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Republicans seek new direction
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Sobered by their abrupt fall from power, Republicans are arguing vehemently among themselves over what went wrong and how to get back in sync with the voters.
There are deep philosophical divisions among the factions trying to lead the party and among the men dreaming of the 1996 White House race. And while the election of a new party chairman in January could offer some hint of a new GOP direction, the ultimate resolution is four years down the road.
The intervening years promise a continual struggle among pragmatists, ideologues and those simply disillusioned with the old guard. Already there is sharp debate. Has the party adopted too much of the religious right social agenda or not enough? Has it strayed too far from supply-side, trickle-down economics or not far enough?
Conservative strategist Angela Buchanan, who managed her brother Patrick's presidential campaign, said Republicans won't win again until they reinforce their conservative base. She has called for a new chairman who opposes abortion and supports traditional values.
Moderate Labor Secretary Lynn Martin, who supports abortion rights, said the GOP already stands for something — individual rights and limited government — and can't behave like a church dictating what people should believe.
She criticized the convention. "You can't build a party on hate," Martin said. "You have to go back to the people's agenda."
White House transition becomes Clinton's focus
The Associated Press
JLTTLE ROCK, Ark. — Bill Clinton was still running the Sunday after his election.
Running this time from a galloping media horde intent on capturing his every step and word. Right, left and right again he veered on a new jogging route that confounded photographers who popped up on the street corners.
"I don't know," he said quietly when he finally slowed down to answer whether he would ever get accustomed to the fuss. "I like just being able to mix with people."
Reflecting on the days ahead, Clinton said his weekend in the governor's mansion was devoted largely to reading transition materials. With key appointments still to be made—his economics team, the White House chief of staff, his secretaries of state and defense—Clinton said he was uncertain if any personnel announcements would
come this week.
"I'm going to work hard but not rush decisions," he said.
Clinton said he would not interfere with President Bush's final two months, shaking off questions about Republican attempts to get Bush to pardon Iran-Contrast scandal defendants and about European trade talks.
"I'm not going to have any official comments for a while," he said. "I just don't think I should say much right now."
His remarks came following a three-mile morning jog, as the president-elect decided to walk for another 25 minutes and chat with several reporters concerning matters minor and momentous: the after-taste of victory, the busy work ahead for his White House and statehouse transitions, his hopes for an eventual vacation, the adjustments ahead for his 12-year-old daughter, and his nostalgic feelings for the tiny state that launched him on his way.
He said he expected to be in Arkansas all week.
His abrupt change of life came clear to him, he said, during a round of golf Saturday with an old friend, attorney Webb Hubbell.
"There are a slew of things you never think about," he said. "There's an inauguration to organize, a campaign to shut down, letters, acknowledgements, record packing. I have quite a lot of work to do on the governor's transition."
"It was really funny... All of a sudden he looked at me, and he just broke out laughing and I said, 'That's not the right response—to a president-elect,' " Clinton said. "And we laughed some more."
Clinton followed his morning exercise with services at Immunayl Baptist Church and then lunch with Hillary and Chelsea, his daughter. Then, Clinton said, it was back to work on the transition.
Mideast awaits signal from Clinton
Active U.S. involvement essential to keep peace talks alive, experts say
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Until now, the Midwest has been more on Bill Clinton's mind than the Mideast.
But the president-elect must tune in to that troubled region if for no other reason than the Arab-Iraeli peace talks taking place at the State Department in Washington.
Conscious of the fragility of the peace process launched by the Bush administration one year ago, Clinton made a point after his election of promising continuity in U.S. Middle East rolloy.
Beyond that broad brush stroke, campaign advisers said, little had been filled in.
Arabs and Israelis, resuming their talks today after a week's break for the elections, are eagerly waiting for a signal — any signal
— from the Clinton transition team.
The need to maintain the momentum of the talks during the transition appears to be a concern to both Bush and Clinton camps.
It was the subject of a lengthy meeting Thursday between Israeli Ambassador Zalman Shoval and Dennis Ross, James Baker's top policy aide at the State Department.
Clinton, in the very early stages of forming his transition team, has not decided who will handle Middle Eastern issues.
But Ross or other Baker aides might get in touch with Clinton foreign policy advisers to help keep talks moving, suggested Martin Indyk, director of The Washington Institute of Near East Studies and an informal adviser to the Clinton campaign.
The talks owe their birth and infancy to the skilled midwifery and nursing of former Secretary of State Baker. And if they agree on nothing else, Arabs and Israelis and Democrats and Republicans agree on one thing — that without an active U.S. role, the negotiations will languish and die.
dous instability in that area," said James Zogby, President of the Arab American Institute and a prominent Democratic activist.
But Clinton comes to the talks with a handicap. Real or perceived, the president-elect is viewed as a supporter of Israel who does not enjoy the same trust or personal relationships that George Bush has had in the Arab world.
"If they collapse, you're looking at tremen
Clinton needs to enhance his credibility in the Arab world, said William Quandt, a Middle East expert and former aide to President Carter.
Already, the Clinton camp has taken steps to reassure the Arab world.
Zogby said he met in recent months with Egyptian and Saudi officials. "My message to them was — you have nothing to fear," he said.
It's conceivable, said Quandt, that Clinton would ask Carter — who has a loyal following in the Arab world — to relay a similar message to Arab leaders during the transition period.
Clinton makes plans to deal with economy
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Bill Clinton will soon summon business leaders and economists to Little Rock, Ark., to advise him as he cements plans to stimulate the stagnant economy, leaders of the president-elect's transition team said yesterday.
Part of the discussions will focus on Clinton's plan to create a high-level council to coordinate economic policy, transition representative Vernon Jordan and Warren Christopher, director of the transition team, said in separate television interviews.
Clinton made the weak economy the prime issue of his successful election campaign against President Bush, and has vowed to focus on it immediately after being sworn in as president.
"Some time very soon... the governor will convene in Little Rock business leaders, economists, a variety of people with expertise in the economy and international economy," Jordan said, appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press."
Jordan said the meeting would be about priorities and the new approach of having an economic security council similar to the National Security Council.
On CBS's "Face the Nation," Christopher said the Little Rock meeting was in the planning stage but he expected it to happen in the next few weeks.
He said the meeting would include corporate executives and well-known economists.
Taylor in Washington.
Jordan and Christopher said details of how the economic policy council would work remained undecided.
But Christopher said, "Economic decision making will be given a higher priority, tamountto that now given to the National Security Council and the national security adviser."
Both men said they hoped to have significant administration posts filled well before Clinton's inauguration on Jan. 20.
Jordan said that it was a reasonable goal to have the top appointments made by Thanksgiving or Dec. 1.
Christopher said, "If you look back in history, most of the cabinet officers have been announced sometime in December. So I suppose we'll follow that same pattern."
Jordan refused to exclude White House chief of staff James Baker III, the former secretary of state, from the people Clinton might turn to for foreign policy advice either during the transition or after becoming president.
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