Kenneth M. Duberstein Quotes
In an outgoing transition, you start closing the books on today and start working for the history books.
Kenneth M. Duberstein, White House Chief of Staff (Republican), Interview, Los Angeles Times, December 20, 1992
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She was the first Black woman to be elected to Congress and was the first Black woman to actively campaign for the Presidency
Jordan had worked on the Carter transition team in 1976. When Carter was later defeated in 1980, it was suggested that Jordan should assist with the transition to the Reagan forces since he had transition experience:
She was arguing with David Gergen about the impact of the ‘first’ female, religious or ethnic candidate for a particular office as making history. Crowley maintains that usually nothing really fundamentally changes as a result of the ‘first’ history making event.
At the time, there were no major issues In contention for the nation, and bipartisanship became quite easy. That would change markedly in the following decades when the new questions came forward from reformers like Theodore Roosevelt and muckraking journalists. The new questions had to do with monopolies, trusts, corporate power, regulation, corruption and political machines.
Kenneth M. Duberstein served as U.S. President Ronald Reagan's White House Chief of Staff from 1988 to 1989.
