BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : FEBRUARY 5, 2001 ISSUE
COVER STORY O'Neill's Teammates LARRY LINDSEY He'll be Mr. Inside to O'Neill's Mr. Outside. The chief architect of Bush's across-the-board tax cut will help coordinate domestic economic policy and share an international economics desk with National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice. More populist and oriented toward the working poor than the corporatist O'Neill, Lindsey is a chronic bear. But the former Fed governor starts his job with a big plus--he earned Bush's trust as his campaign economics tutor. MITCH DANIELS A surprise pick to head the Office of Management & Budget, the former Eli Lilly exec once served as Ronald Reagan's White House political director. Daniels isn't known as a numbers whiz, so he may defer to O'Neill on some budget issues. He's expected to undertake two key jobs for Bush: using his political skills to sell his boss's economic program and turning OMB into a guardian against regulatory excess. He may also honcho Bush's campaign promise to cut government costs through management reforms. JOHN B. TAYLOR? Bush has yet to name a chairman for his Council of Economic Advisers. Top choice John Taylor of Stanford University is undecided about moving to Washington but the Bushies still hope to persuade him. Taylor, who served as GOP nominee Bob Dole's top economic adviser in 1996, is a respected monetary economist who could restore some luster to the CEA. But with Lindsey holding the prime spot as Bush's in-house guru, the CEA could recede in influence--which is why Taylor has hesitated. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					RELATED ITEMS Selling the Tax Cut COVER IMAGE: Selling the Tax Cut TABLE: O'Neill's Teammates TABLE: Five Treasury Secretaries Who Mattered TABLE: The Real O'Neill How O'Neill Got Alcoa Shining Straight Talk from the New Mr. Money INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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