"He is the most loyal team member that anybody could want"
It is one of the fascinating paradoxes and ironies of the Reagan Administration. The right-wingers of the Republican Party keep attacking Vice President George Bush, charging that he is a moderate who is working to undermine the Reagan revolution. But Bush's critics have an inflated view of his powers, Bush's own small staff is dispirited, and his influence within the White House is murky at best.
Nonetheless, recent White House departures of longtime conservative Reagan advisers and the far right's growing feeling that the...