“Bill Clinton sitting on Air Force One getting his hair cut while people around the country cooled their heels and waited for him, became a metaphor for a populist president who had gotten drunk with the perks of his own power and was sort of, you know, not sensitive to what people wanted.”
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The exposed nature of life in the public square affects leaders' attitudes toward risk - and failure.
Washington is still very much a male-oriented culture. Being from Los Angeles, I think it is less so there - there is less attachment to tradition, perhaps, there is more flexibility, more acceptance of change generally. That is partly because of Hollywood.
Having a sense of humor has served me more than it has hurt me - just in the sense that it has allowed me to keep my sanity.
The fight is always the same within the Democratic Party, isn't it? The more things change, the more they stay the same.
