Show 6A - Stanaard-Examin- Friday November 18 1988 er National Bush sets up economic team first security team CHARLOTTESVILLE LAP) — President-elec- t Va George Bush after picking a “take-charg- e kind of guy” as his chief of staff Said today he intends to fill out ct his economic team and then turn to national security posts Bush here for a private meeting with several governors told reporters he planned to “flesh out the economic side of the house I think and then start working on national security” Asked if that meant he was n preparing to name Richard his longtime economic aide as director of the Office of Management and Budget Bush laughed but said nothing ' After the morning meeting Dar-ma- ' ' I ! Bush was flying back to Washing-- 1 ton for a Capitol Hill lunch with tion There was unusual turmoil in the Bush ranks Thursday when the presient-eleannounced his selection of Sununu as chief of staff and endorsed Lee Atwater his wily campaign manager as the next chairman of the Republican Party Craig L Fuller Bush’s vice presidential chief of staff for four of the tranyears and sition called The Associated Press beforehand to reveal that having been passed over for chief of staff he would quit working for Bush as of Jan 20 Fuller said he informed Bush before the election that the only post he would accept in the new administration w as chief of staff He said he harbored no ill will toward Sununu Sources close to Bush said Fuller had been offered several plums including transportation secretary and head of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration but had turned them down In choosing the conservative n Sununu and Atwater a campaign strategist Bush may have been ' Associated Press the speaker of the House Jim Wright Bush laughs during news conference as New As the day began New Hamp- - George Hampshire Gov John Sununu looks on hire Gov John Sununu publicly “I think Congress and the pres- was intended “to send an picked by Bush Thursday as his ext chief of staff told a televi-- ! ident are going to work aggres- signal to the governors andearly the '$ion interviewer that the presi-- ! sively and quickly to deal with states of my interests in working would communicate that issue” Sununu said on with the governors Democrats ’directly with Congress “to begin ABC-TV“Good Morning and Republicans alike” kind of interaction that’s ne- America" He also said he wants to meet Bush said his meeting with 18 with the governors early to discessary” to address the federal cuss the environment and educa budget deficit governors and governors-elec- t lent-eiect ’s blunt-spoke- bare-knuckl- ed indicating to Democrats who control Congress that he is prepared to play political hardball But he sounded a different note at his news conference saying he expects Sununu “to build a constructive relationship” with Congress He also called Sununu “a kind of guy” with the experience to work with his former colleagues in the statehouses Bush who previously announced his choice of James A Baker III as secretary of state and Nicholas F Brady as a holdover treasury secretary' said he expects to announce a director for the Office of Management and Budget take-char- ge soon Transition sources have said that post is likely to go to n while Stanford University economist Michael J Boskin is likely to be chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Bush has had to contend with a succession of economic bad news since his election The stock market has fallen and the dollar has declined in value with many analysts questioning Bush’s ability or resolve to cut the nation’s massive trade and budget deficits Bush aides hope fast action in Dar-ma- neit naming his economic team will bolster confidence in the presi-dent-ce- Brady asked on NBC-TV“Today” show if the behavior of stock prices and the dollar’s value indicate a lack of confidence in Bush’s ability to overcome the deficit replied “I just disagree n “The Bush which called a flexible is plan freeze will work I think we have to give the vice president a little time to put his team together I’m confident that things will work out just fine” But Sununu in his interview said he feels that there is "a little bit of nervousness out there" Bush said the OMB job “is important and I want to cet ow economic team in place Most people would agree we’ve moved very fast so farBqt I Will go forward with the econqmic tearp” Bush who had a breakfast meeting Thursday with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and lunch with President Reagan also held a private chat with former Texas Sen John Tower who is rumored to be a leading candidate for secretary of defense ’s deficit-reductio- Party leaders want Kirk to keep his job PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic state party leaders are doing a on yet another presidential election defeat and appealing to Paul G Kirk Jr to serve another term as national chairman to avert a potentially divisive contest for his job Also on the minds of Democratic leaders are questions about whether the party needs to its method of nominating presidential candidates after its fifth defeat in the last six national elections "I don’t think we ought to go leaping off any cliffs” said Kathy Vick a former Louisiana Democratic Party chair “One thing I’m going to resist and resist as n overforcefully as I can is the analysis theory of politics" post-morte- m over-reactio- over-revision- ist said Kirk Much of the attention at a two-da- y meeting of the Association of State Democratic Chairs beginning today will be on Kirk who has refused to say whether he would serve another four-yeterm His term expires in February At least five people who’d like to succeed Kirk planned to attend the meeting at a rear sort outside the Arizona capital They include Rick Wiener the Michigan Democratic Party chairman who is president of the state chairs association Ron Brown a Washington attorney who was a top adviser to Jesse Jackson in the final weeks of his r (Dr 2 aft e It’s as presidential campaign and three former congressmen Jim Jones of Oklahoma Michael Barnes of Maryland and Jim Stanton of Ohio When Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis carried only 10 states while losing to Republican George Bush it still was the best showing by a Democratic nominee since 1976 The Democrats have been on the losing side in five of the last six presidential elections but have controlled the House for 33 years and have been the majority party in the Senate for 27 of those 33 years While Dukakis was losing the Democrats added one Senate seat and three House seats Several state party officials who had thought 1988 would be a Democratic year have been sharply critical of the Dukakis campaign “The worst campaign of this century” said Bob Slagle chairman of the Texas Democratic Party Slagle criticized Dukakis for failing to respond quickly and strongly enough to attacks by the Bush campaign “We never gave people a reason to vote for us” said James Ruvolo the Ohio party chairman Kirk has said that party leaders who have asked him to stay on the job have cited his success at promoting unity among differing factions “I’m going to listen to the counsel of a number of the leaders and elected officials in the party who have said ‘Don’t say you won’t stay on until we have an opportunity to chat with you about it’ So that’s my plan “I owe it to them to visit with them and hear what they have to say” Kirk ruled out staying on for a partial term At the same time Kirk dismissed predictions that a fight to' fill the chairmanship would be divisive ' “I don’t foresee in any circumstances the g and the division within the party” he said Brown who has served as deputy party chairman and counsel 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