McCain seeks to make leap from maverick to manager
GOP standard-bearer's plans for the federal government are sweeping, but achieving them will require attention to the nitty-gritty.
For the past several months, Government Executive's Elizabeth Newell has combed through John McCain's speeches, talked to his advisers and interviewed experienced observers of the federal management scene, all in an effort to come up with a composite picture of what this maverick senator might look like as the nation's chief executive.
Her profile of McCain appears in the September issue of the magazine. In it, she notes that McCain's reputation as a reformer in the Senate is well-established, and on the campaign trail he has outlined some bold goals for government. For example, he has said repeatedly that, if elected president, he would freeze discretionary spending until the administration performed "top-to-bottom reviews of all federal programs to weed out failing ones."
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