A. James Reichley
A journalist with practical experience in the political arena, Reichley
assisted Dick Cheney with President Ford's primary and general election
campaigns. His broad responsibility was to consider long range goals and
policies, and to generate new ideas. In particular, Reichley produced papers
on campaign strategy and drafted statements expressing the President's
position on a variety of issues. Although under the direction of Michael
Raoul-Duval, Cheney's political assistant, Reichley usually worked most
closely with Cheney himself.
As part of his work on general campaign strategy, Reichley was
involved with outlining the long term "vision" of the Ford administration.
This involvement ranged from writing analysis papers for Cheney on themes
and programs for Ford to stress during the election, to weighing the advantages
of potential campaign slogans.