He was burned so badly in the campaign that he's programmed for caution ... He's decided if he doesn't screw up he'll be on the ticket in '92. Kristol's job is to get him to take some chances.
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The key thing in the first year was to establish himself as an important player within the administration and on the Hill ... The second-level audience it was important to pay a lot of attention to was the Republican Party. The third circle is the public. If you had people in the West Wing today who were saying Dan Quayle's not a player, he's not involved, he's not influential, all the greatest p.r. in the world wouldn't work because it would be totally undercut.