The Exposed Nature Of Life

On The Day I Started College In 1979, No Woman Had Ever Been On The United States Supreme Court Or Served As The Speaker Of The House. None Had Been An Astronaut Or The Solo Anchor Of A Network Evening News Broadcast. Not One Had Been President Of An Ivy League College Or Run A Serious Campaign For President.

Campaigns Often Make Standing On Principle The Highest Of Virtues - And Listening To Your Opponents A Sure Sign Of Weakness. It's The Virtual Opposite Of What It Takes To Succeed In Office. Squaring The Circle Takes A Powerful Combination Of Skills. But Presidents Who Can Campaign And Compromise Are Generally The Most Successful.

I Worked For A Lot Of Candidates, In Tough Campaigns That Lost. Most Of My Candidates Lost Until Bill Clinton. There Was Always A Point Where You Look In Their Eyes And They Knew It Was Over. And There Was Never That Point With Clinton. He Never Quit. He Never Gave Up.

Part Of Obama's Persona Is Self-reliance. He's Calm; He's Cool; He's Self-possessed. In Many Ways, He Has Tried To Define Himself In Opposition To Clinton's Sometimes Needy, Often Undisciplined, Emotionalism.

Women Communicate Differently And Process Information Differently, Which Leads Them To Resolve Conflicts Differently.