Every Now And Then, A Presidential Candidate

You Can Almost See Voters Nodding Their Heads At Home: The Public's Faith In Politicians And Political Institutions Has Been On A Steep And Dangerous Decline For Decades, Because Elected Leaders Fail To Deliver.

Ap Promoted Me To The White House Beat Because I Knew Clinton, His Family, Friends, And Staff Better Than Anybody In The National Press Corps. Those Contacts Helped Me Break A Few Stories And Get My Career In Washington Jump-started.

It's An Appeal As Old As America And Its Presidency: This Is An Extraordinary Country Populated By Hard-working, Big-dreaming, Freedom-loving People Graced By God When They're Not Pulling Themselves Up By The Bootstraps.

I've Been Leading Newsrooms For A While Now And It's Been An Honor Serving As Editor In Chief Of N.j., But I Really Think That My Best Shot At Moving The Needle In Politics Is By Getting Close To It - By Reading, Reporting, Tweeting And Writing.

President George W. Bush Won Reelection In 2004 Largely Because He Was Seen As Comfortable In His Own Skin, While Rival John Kerry Was Viewed As A Flip-flopping Opportunist.