Running the Show
TV and Politics Aren't Worlds Apart
I’m batting 0-for-3 in convincing people to run for president.
The first time I approached someone to run was 12 years ago, long before I became a TV writer. I was working in the U.S. Senate as joint counsel for Sens. Paul Wellstone and Ted Kennedy, two of the great liberals of all time, and spending my evenings working for Wellstone’s campaign for president.
One gloomy Saturday, Wellstone dropped his bid for president. I immediately fell into a depression.
To get myself out of it, in a fit of giddy inspiration, I called …
