Hamilton Jordan

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

Hamilton Jordan, an important insider in President Jimmy Carter White House, has died at age 63 after years of fighting cancer.

 

As a young political operative, Jordan actually helped Carter become governor of Georgia, then charted the politician's ascent to the White House where Jordan became chief of staff.

 

Here's a good line from Gerald Rafshoon, communications director in the Carter White House, which appeared in an Associated Press story about Jordan's death:

 

"He was a great strategist. He just couldn't strategize his way out of this," Rafshoon said from Washington.