Presidential Transitions

Oct 15, 2008

American University American University | Center for Cong. and Pres. Studies Center for American Progress Action Fund

Participants in a conference on the upcoming presidential transition spoke about past administration efforts during transition periods, promises made by both 2008 presidential candidates to "change the way Washington works," and improving working relations between the president and Congress. "Structuring a White House Legislative Affairs .. Read More
Participants in a conference on the upcoming presidential transition spoke about past administration efforts during transition periods, promises made by both 2008 presidential candidates to "change the way Washington works," and improving working relations between the president and Congress. "Structuring a White House Legislative Affairs Office" was the first panel of the conference titled "Presidential Transitions: From Campaigning to Governing."

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:02 Unidentified Speaker WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THIS RECORDED PROGRAM AND TAKE YOU LIVE NOW TO A CONFERENCE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL...
00:01:12 Unidentified Speaker 120 DAYS ON AVERAGE, TO -- UNDER ROOSEVELT'S TRAPS IS, TO ONLY 77, FOR THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS. SO,...
00:02:04 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, SCOTT AND THANK YOU TO THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS. IT IS GREAT TO WORK WITH YOU, ...
00:10:50 Unidentified Speaker AS YOU CAN SEE HE KNOWS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LOBBYING. WELL, IT IS MY PLEASURE ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL...
00:13:20 Unidentified Speaker THANKS. I'LL SIT HERE FOR THE PANEL. I HAVE A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION. THEY BOTH HAVE PREPARED REMARKS...
00:13:58 Unidentified Speaker GREAT. THANKS. THANKS, JIM AND GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. I THINK IN THINKING ABOUT THE QUESTION THAT...
00:21:54 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, GARY. PAT?
00:21:56 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, JIM, THANK YOU, SCOTT FOR INVITING ME TO PARTICIPATE, AND GOOD MORNING TO YOU ALL. I WISH...
00:31:13 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, PAT. VERY MUCH. A FEW WORDS FROM ME ABOUT LEGISLATIVE STRATEGIES OF THE PRESIDENT. THE...
00:36:44 Unidentified Speaker WELL, DO YOU WANT TO -- THAT IS A KEY CHALLENGE AND, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER FROM MY DAYS AT THE WHITE...
00:39:40 Unidentified Speaker BEFORE YOU GO, YOU REMEMBER ME, I CAME DOWN AND VISITED YOU, YOU INVITED ME DOWN TO THE WHITE HOUSE...
00:40:41 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T REMEMBER SAYING THAT.
00:40:43 Unidentified Speaker SO IN THAT, AS THE -- AS YOU GO INTO THE FOURTH QUARTER AND THE LONG GAME, THESE PEOPLE GO NATIVE...
00:40:56 Unidentified Speaker ESSENTIALLY, AS GARY AND YOU HAVE SAID AND YOU ARE SUGGESTING JIM, I THINK THERE IS A DIFFERENCE THOUGH...
00:42:47 Unidentified Speaker LAST POINT IS IMPORTANT, IT IS ABOUT TRUST. BOTH OF YOU SORT OF TALKED ABOUT THAT, IF YOU GET SOMEBODY...
00:43:38 Unidentified Speaker WELL, IF IT'S NOT CAREFULLY HANDLED, AND -- YES, IT IS A PROBLEM. IF YOU ARE -- IF YOU AS A CREATURE...
00:44:50 Unidentified Speaker RIGHT, GARY?
00:44:52 Unidentified Speaker I WAS GOING SAY, TO PAT'S EARLIER POINT ABOUT EXPECTATIONS I THINK THAT IS A KEY CONSIDERATION. I...
00:46:47 Unidentified Speaker WE'VE GOT THE POLICY AGENDA THAT YOU ARE PUSHING BUT YOU ALSO HAVE THE CONFIRMATION PROCESS AND IT...
00:47:29 Unidentified Speaker I MEAN, THE ONE THING I WOULD SAY AND I KIND OF ALLUDED TO THIS IN MY REMARKS, IS THAT I THINK THE...
00:49:07 Unidentified Speaker I WILL JUST MAKE ONE QUICK POINT, WE WROTE ABOUT THIS -- YOU WROTE ABOUT THIS A FEW YEARS AGO. I...
00:50:20 Unidentified Speaker YOU MENTIONED WORKING WITH THE PARTY LEADERS. YOU WORKED FOR PARTY LEADERS AND GARY HAD -- HAS ALSO...
00:50:51 Unidentified Speaker I THINK YOU ARE PUTTING A FINGER ON A TENSION THAT TRANSCENDS, YOU KNOW, PARTISAN -- DOESN'T MATTER...
00:51:38 Unidentified Speaker YES. I AGREE WITH THAT. I AM -- KIND OF A FRAMEWORK UP FRONT WOULD BE HELPFUL. AGAIN, I WAS -- SAW...
00:52:39 Unidentified Speaker DOES -- ISN'T IT DIFFERENT WHEN THERE IS A CRISIS AND THERE IS A PERCEIVED CRISIS, OF CONSENSUS ABOUT...
00:53:13 Unidentified Speaker IT DOES AND THE ONLY, YOU KNOW, CAUTION I WOULD ADD TO THAT, OR CAVEAT I WOULD ADD TO THAT IS THAT...
00:53:34 Unidentified Speaker LIKE THE MARKET MAY FALL A THOUSAND POINT...
00:53:36 Unidentified Speaker RIGHT! RIGHT! SOMETIMES MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WILL GET A LITTLE BIT LEERY OF THAT, AND YOU HAVE TO...
00:53:45 Unidentified Speaker AND I THINK AS A GENERAL MATTER, I DON'T THINK IN RECENT HISTORY THERE HAS BEEN A PRESIDENT TAKING...
00:54:39 Unidentified Speaker HISTORICALLY IT HAS BEEN 40 YEARS SINCE WE HAVE HAD A TRANSITION DURING WAR THAT WAS VIETNAM. AND...
00:55:14 Unidentified Speaker I THINK MY EXPERIENCE IS CHIEFS OF STAFF HAVE BRILLIANT INSIGHTS IN HIRING. YES, I THINK THEY NEED...
00:55:31 Unidentified Speaker YEAH. AND IN KIND OF A COROLLARY TO THAT, IS THAT THE -- A SMART CHIEF OF STAFF AND A SMART PRESIDENT...
00:56:50 Unidentified Speaker THIS OFFICE WAS ESTABLISHED BY BRYCE HARLOW. THE ORGANIZATION AND STRUCTURE OF IT HAS NOT CHANGED...
00:57:37 Unidentified Speaker YOU HAVE AN ASSISTANT -- ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, A HOUSE AND A SENATE...
01:00:17 Unidentified Speaker BESIDES NOT HAVING INTERNS IN THE OFFICE, WHAT OTHER ADVICE
01:00:20 Unidentified Speaker SORRY. I HAD TO DO THAT: IN THE HOUSE ANDERSEN -- AND THE HOUSE AND SENATE WERE ATTEMPTING TO USE...
01:01:29 Unidentified Speaker BUT THE -- WE TRIED HANDLE THAT WITHIN OUR CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS, AND WE FOUND THAT INCREASINGLY,...
01:01:58 Unidentified Speaker ONE LAST QUESTION BEFORE WE GO TO THE AUDIENCE. WE'RE WRITING A PAPER ON THIS TOGETHER THAT WILL BE...
01:02:49 Unidentified Speaker I MEAN, I WOULD POINT TO KIND OF THE BURNOUT FACTOR MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. I MEAN, THE JOB IS --...
01:03:19 Unidentified Speaker AND I THINK IT'S QUITE REMARKABLE THAT YOU NEVER REALLY LEAVE THE JOB. I MEAN, I REMEMBER MY FAMILY...
01:03:49 Unidentified Speaker LAST QUESTION, A LITTLE EDGY, BOTH OF THESE PRESIDENTS SAY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE LOBBYISTS IN ...
01:04:30 Unidentified Speaker I TOLD YOU IT WOULD BE -- THEY BOTH LEFT AND WENT INTO LOBBYING FIRMS. BUT --
01:04:38 Unidentified Speaker YOU KNOW, I THINK THATO A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS. I THINK NUMBER ONE, I THINK ONE OF THE PROBLEMS...
01:06:04 Unidentified Speaker BEFORE PAT GOES, I WANT TO SAY THAT GARY HAS A NEW BOOK ON LOBBYING FROM APPRENTICE -- FROM PRNTISS...
01:06:36 Unidentified Speaker I THINK MOST PEOPLE WHO GET A JOB IN THE WHITE HOUSE AS DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS OR ASSISTANT...
01:08:09 Unidentified Speaker I THINK IT'S DISINGENIOUS FOR THEM TO MAKE THIS ARGUMENT WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHO'S ON THE CAMPAIGN, WHO'S...
01:09:34 Unidentified Speaker BOB WAGER, WITH PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, PAT AND I GO BACK A LONG WAY. A QUICK NOTE, WE REMEMBER WHAT...
01:10:54 Unidentified Speaker I AGREE WITH YOU, BUT I THINK THAT INHERENTLY, IT IS SMART TO REACH OUT. I THINK ALL ADMINISTRATIONS...
01:12:14 Unidentified Speaker PAT, USING THE LBJ EXAMPLE, MOYERS, DIDN'T HE HAVE A LOT OF POLITICAL CAPITAL COMPARED TO ANYONE ...
01:12:46 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE]
01:12:49 Unidentified Speaker HE KNEW THAT BECAUSE OF HIS RELATIONSHIPS WITH MEMBERS ON THE HILL FOR MANY YEARS. THAT'S UNIQUE....
01:12:55 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THE RELATIONSHIP BUILDING IS, AGAIN, IT SEEMS LIKE THE SOFT SCIENCE OF POLITICS, BUT, AGAIN,...
01:13:31 Unidentified Speaker AND I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT JOHNSON UNDERSTOOD WAS THAT THERE'S A RHYTHM AND A SEQUENCING TO...
01:14:22 Unidentified Speaker GARY, YOU KNOW, THIS RHYTHM AND SEQUENCING IS IMPORTANT. THINK ABOUT WHAT REAGAN DID WITH HIS FIRST...
01:14:56 Unidentified Speaker YEAH, AND I THINK THAT THAT BECOMES EVEN MORE -- A MORE COMPLICATED GAME OF CHESS OF BECAUSE OF WHAT'S...
01:15:42 Unidentified Speaker THERE ARE MANY AMERICAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS HERE THAT PAY A VERY HIGH TUITION, AND I WANT THEM TO...
01:15:51 Unidentified Speaker MY NAME IS ZACH FENN, STUDENT AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, AND I WAS WONDERING, I KNOW THE PRESIDENT AND...
01:16:12 Unidentified Speaker NO. THERE IS -- THERE'S KIND OF AN ORIENTATION PROGRAM THAT THEY GO THROUGH THAT'S REALLY JUST A...
01:16:50 Unidentified Speaker ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DOES HAPPEN, THOUGH, IS THAT IF THERE'S A -- IF ONE PARTY TAKES CONTROL THAT...
01:17:57 Unidentified Speaker BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT A FRESHMAN COMING IN, MY CENTER RECEIVED A GRANT BACK IN 1980 TO...
01:18:53 Unidentified Speaker LET'S GO BACK HERE, IN THE MIDDLE, PLEASE.
01:18:59 Unidentified Speaker BRIAN SUBLEY, CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE. THIS QUESTION IS FOR DR. THURBER, YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT...
01:19:16 Unidentified Speaker WELL, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN SOMETHING IS COMING ALONG THAT'S SENSELESS. AND IT MAY BE AS SIMPLE...
01:20:34 Unidentified Speaker SURE. WELL, I MEAN, IT COULD BE SOMETHING AS MUND AIN AS -- MUNDANE AS WE WERE ON A PRESIDENTIAL...
01:21:26 Unidentified Speaker RIGHT. THERE WAS ALSO NEWT GOING TO A FUNERAL IN ISRAEL AND BEING FORCED TO GET ON THE AIRPLANE,...
01:21:43 Unidentified Speaker THIS WAS A CONSIDERED ACT THIS WAS A -- IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING STORY. THE SPEAKER WANTED TIME WITH...
01:23:15 Unidentified Speaker SO IT WAS NOT A SENSELESS MISTAKE?
01:23:17 Unidentified Speaker NO, IT WAS VERY DELIBERATE!
01:23:19 Unidentified Speaker ANOTHER QUESTION FROM SOMEONE. RIGHT OVER HERE.
01:23:30 Unidentified Speaker GEORGE GOULD, GOULD CUTTING. BACK TO THE ADVOCACY ISSUE. YOU NOTICED I DIDN'T USE THE OTHER WORD....
01:24:07 Unidentified Speaker LET ME PUT THIS IN ANOTHER CONTEXT ALSO TO REINFORCE IT, HOW IN THE WORLD CAN YOU GET AN AGREEMENT...
01:24:26 Unidentified Speaker RIGHT. FROM A STRUCTURAL STANDPOINT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MOST MODERN WHITE HOUSES HAVE HAD NOW...
01:27:04 Unidentified Speaker I THINK, GEORGE, OUR WHITE HOUSE OPERATED EXACTLY THE SAME, PUBLIC LIAISON PERSON ASKED OUR COOPERATION,...
01:28:04 Unidentified Speaker GOOD. GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A 10-MINUTE BREAK....
01:28:16 Unidentified Speaker
01:28:40 Unidentified Speaker
01:28:54 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS]
01:29:01 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS]
01:29:07 Unidentified Speaker YOU JUST HEARD JAMES THURBER MENTION THERE'S GOING TO BE A TEN MINUTE BREAK. WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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