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JN EACH of America^ Recent I41ied Rtesideedes suspicion that the President has only a passing ac quaintance with some of the most important decisions of his Administration." Cannon cited a long list of Presidential press conference misstatements, and con cluded that "as[Reagan] begins his second year he has raised anew one of the principal issues of his Presiden tial candidacy. Simply put, the question is: is Reagan up to the job?" Cannon's second article, a probing review of Reagan's press conference/aza: pas,said there was concern in the White House that "further verbal fumbling by Reagan may contribute to the impression of a President whose grasp is slipping." ON FEBRUARY 7, James McCartney of Knight' Ridder Newspapers quoted "responsible, high- level White House officials" as saying that during his first year in office Reagan was almost totally "unin- volved" in key defense and foreign policy decisions. Also at the start of this year, hard-line conservatives began to charge that Reagan had had his Presidency stolen from him by "non-Reaganites." In Conservative Digest and Human Events the villains were White House chief of staff James Baker and Secretary of State Alex ander Haig, but the unstated corollary was that Ronald Reagan had allowed policy and persorinel decisions to be taken away from him. According to Howard Phil lips of the Conservative Caucus, "The governor has good intuitive judgments, but he lacks confidence in his judgments and relies too much on credentialed expertise. He immerses himself insuffidentiy in the matters he is forced to deal with. He isn't interested in 'KITE House Watc; learning detail and because he knows he lacks the specifics, he defers to the opposition."- . — - On February 22 the Wall Street Journal carried a front REAGAN'S LQ. page story headlined: RE.\GAN'S MANAGEMENT BY DELE GATION BEGINS TO CONCER.N SUPPORTERS. THEY FEAR THAT JN EACH of America^recent i41ied rteSideEdes, the A FEELING HE ISNT ON TOP OF THINGS" NIAY HURT HIS press has managed to discover, disclose, and then AUTHORITY, and New York Times columnist Anthony inculcate into public consciousness a nasty little secret Lewis accused the press of going easy on Reagan, in that finally came to dominate the President's image. view of his economic and foreign policy shortcomings. Lyndon Johnson was a boor, Richard Nixon a crook, Lewis said the most important reason might be that Gerald Ford a clown, and Jimmy Carter a mean-spir reporters and editors who watch Reagan "are fright ited incompetent. Right now, with a good bit of help ened by what they see ... a man who acts without real from other politicians and from the President himself, information ... a man with an anecdotal view of the the press is working itself up to declare aloud that our world, who may apply in El Salvador lessons of imag latest emperor also has no clothes. All that remains in ined history in Vietnam. They see a man who gives doubt is exactly how Ronald Reagan's nakedness will simplistic answers to complicated questions." These be characterized for posterity. press people "care about their country, and they find it A pattern is developing. Last September, after two too upsetting to acknowledge ... that the enormous Libyan jets were shot down by U.S. planes, and aides power of its leadership is in such hands." did not awaken the President, Newsweek described Then, on March 2, the New York Times's new "Wash Reagan as "disengaged," and quoted an unnamed ington Talk" page carried a story by White House White House aide as saying "he probably spends two correspondent Howell Raines, headlined: REagan or three hours a day on real work All he wants to JOKES STIR AIDES' CONCERN, which observed that edito do is tell stories about his movie days." Twice in rial cartoons and comedians' wisecracks were portray January, Lou Cannon of the Washington Post was pain ing the President as an "amiable muddler," as Robin fully direct. "More disquieting than Reagan's perfor Hood in reverse, or as a man not in control of his White mance or prospects on any specific issue is a growing House. The same dav, the Associated Press carried the O MARCH 24. 1932 4 most damaging piece of all—damaging because it came got to pay attention to is the policy—the effect of not from the press itself or from the Democratic oppo whatever mind is at work." A Washington Post editor sition (which has, in fact, been relatively tame about said, "My experience in such matters is that history attacking Reagan personally), but from Senator Robert will'show that what we all believe to be true will be Packwood of Oregon,chairman of the Senate Republi true—plus about 30 percent or even 50 percent. But at can Ccimpaign Committee. Packwood said that Reagan this point it's very difficult to nail it down with responds to the concerns of Republiccin senators "on a specifics in a way that you could write a story saying totally different track." If senators tell him they are that the President is not in charge. The White House worried about the projected Sl20-billion deficit. Pack- people regard it as unsayable. We try to be as specific wood said, Reagan responds with an anecdote. "The and hard as possible, and we are. If we had real President says, Tou know a person yesterday, a young evidence of his being in the Bozo zone, we'd write it. man,went into a grocery store and he had an orange in We have not restrained ourselves." one hand and a bottle in the other and he paid for the orange with food stamps and he took the change and W HITE HOUSE AIDES are aware that the question paid for the vodka. That's what's wrong.'" of Reagan's competence is becoming an issue, Reports subsequently emerged from other members but they deny its premise, which may be a valid thing of Congress and from the public that Reagan deals in to do. They also tend to discount its importance, which anecdotal non sequiturs all the time. One Northeast- I think is neither valid nor wise. One aide's response em group of shoe industry representatives sought to was: 'Ts the President on top of his job? I find that a express concern about foreign competition, for exam stunning question after the year in which he won ple, and was treated to a Presidential lecture on the seven straight Congressional victories. It may be that difficulty nowadays of buying a pair of cowboy boots the press demands a big victory every so often to prove as good as the ones available in days of yore. that he's still there. He does not fit the press's pattern of the Presidency, but he's got control. I don't think SO FAR THE CRITICISM has been reasonably gentle the Presidency reqmres that someone be deeply im and euphemistic. Reagan is "detached," and there mersed in the detail of government or be deeply read is "concern" about his being "in charge" or "out of in the great works of political literature. It requires touch." Cartoonists still portray him as captain of a someone with a strong sense of where he wants to go storm-tossed ship or as a cowboy riding a ferocious and a good sense of leadership, and I think he's got economic horse. But the pressure is on to be more those in abundance." frank. Sometimes ifs editors who are putting pressure Reagan's longtime California political adviser, Stu on reporters, but in most cases, ifs reporters who are art Spencer, an influential figure in the White House, convinced that the President is lazy, passive,stupid, or says, "Hell, yes, he's competent. He's different, even senile, and are pushing their editors to let them though. He isn't much of a games player. He is more of say so. According to one White House correspondent, an ideologue. He decides things not so much on the 'Tor almost everybody in Washington, Reagan was a basis of calculations, but on the basis of his philosophy new beat, and you don't write that kind of stuff until of what's right for the country. It's an indication of his you're pretty sure of yourself. Reporters are just begin age,of the fact that he's a late starter in politics, and the ning now to feel that what they feared is true,that he is fact that he was shot last year. The close brush with detached. They've got a notebook fxdl of stuff, and death has made him more determined th«m ever to they are beginning to try to sell stories to their editors. accomplish what he wants to accomplish. The media's The editors are very reluctant to use it. They've seen it discussed the competence issue all his life—whether with many other Presidents, Gerald Ford in particular, he was qualified to be Governor of California, whether and you hate to reinforce that kind of thing. It's a he was qualified to be President. No,he doesn't under devastating thing, but ifs going to happen, and once stand all the intricate points of government, and he he gets tagged with the image, ifs going to be hard to never will, but he's got smart instincts and he's a good get rid of, mostly because he's so old." judge of timing." There is some faint reason to hope that the patterns According to an Administration official who has of the past will not repeat themselves.
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