Playbill

February, 1981

When the late Georgia Mafia moved into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue four years ago, all the old-line politicos suddenly became outsiders. But, you say, that's par for the course with a new Administration. True enough. But the difference with the Carter White House was that even some of the new insiders were outsiders. One person with a particularly good perspective on why that was the case--and what effect it had on the Administration's performance--was Hodding Carter III (no kin), assistant secreta...