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WASHINGTON, Page 30The Democrats: Measuring the Drapes
By NANCY TRAVER/WASHINGTON
It's been a long time between drinks, but the Democrats
are lining up at the bar. "Every Democrat between the ages of
25 and 50 in this city is sketching out new career scenarios,"
says a senior Senate aide. "People who have been shut out since
Jimmy Carter desperately want back in."
The scramble for the new Administration's 3,000 appointed
jobs has already reached a fever pitch -- as has the inevitable
speculation about candidates for the plum posts. For Defense
Secretary, there is talk of a three-way race between House Armed
Services Committee chairman Les Aspin, Oklahoma Congressman Dave
McCurdy and Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Sam Nunn.
Retiring Colorado Senator Tim Wirth has been dubbed a possible
Secretary of the Interior or Energy. Among the dozen or so names
mentioned for Secretary of State, the leading candidate seems
to be Warren Christopher, deputy secretary in the Carter
Administration.
As the Democrats prepare to move into the power centers,
Washington-area businesses are hoping for a trickle-down effect.
"I just want to get my hands on Hillary's roots," gushes Robin
Weir, Nancy Reagan's former hairdresser. To boost his chances,
he sent his salon manager to California this week to have her
hair done by Hillary Clinton's favorite stylist, Cristophe. Says
Weir: "We want to get across to him that we know this town."
Local realtors are trumpeting the same message. "I have
pinned on my office wall an article from the Washington Post,
which has some of the possible candidates for jobs in a Clinton
Administration," says Terri Robinson, one of many area brokers
who have been contacted by potential Democratic home buyers. The
town houses of Georgetown and Cleveland Park are getting a
look-over, says Robinson, although many frugal Democrats may end
up settling in the less pricey suburbs of Maryland and Virginia.
One upscale piece of D.C. real estate that has already crossed
party lines: the $2.2 million Tracy Place town house that was
the scene of parties hosted by socialite Georgette Mosbacher,
wife of former Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher, has been
sold to Democratic hostess Esther Coopersmith.
Bill Clinton may not have measured the Oval Office drapes
yet, but his own office in Little Rock, Arkansas, is all but
spoken for. Lieutenant Governor Jim Guy Tucker, who would become
Governor if Clinton is elected, had already polished off his
1993 state budget and received visiting agency heads at the
state capitol last week. Says Tucker, sounding like many veteran
Washington Democrats: "It would be foolish to not be prepared."