ANGLO-AMERICANS- U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ALSO-RANS

PATHWAY OF THE POLITICIAN AS EGGHEAD IDEALIST:
Storyline: The cerebral reformer proves himself to be a man of words, more than actions, giving eloquent voice to the issues of his times, without the muscle to make his principles national policy, thanks to an unwillingness to get down and dirty in the nitty-gritty arena of implementation and actualization.
Adlai E. Stevenson II (1900-1965) - American politician. Outer: Grandson of political namesake and vice-president Adlai E. Stevenson (Howard Dean). His father also harbored desires for that office, although never rose higher than Secretary of State of Illinois. Spent his first 6 years on the West Coast, because of his sire’s health considerations. When he was 6, his parents moved to Illinois to run the family newspaper, “The Daily Pantagraph,” when he was young. Accidentally killed a 12 year old girl, while showing off his brother’s .22 caliber rifle at a Christmas party, and remained guilty about the incident forever after, making him a compulsive do-gooder. A slow reader, he read comparatively little, and learned far more by listening, somewhat blunting his supposed vaunted intellectual abilities. Attended high school, then the Choate school, where he was active in sports and journalism, before enlisting in the Navy in 1918. 5’10”. On his discharge, he went to Princeton Univ. where he became managing editor of the Daily Princetonian, and upon graduating, went to Harvard Law School, at his sire’s urging, although dropped out after two years. Wrote for the family newspaper, which his maternal great grandfather had founded, and then got his law degree at Northwestern Univ. in 1926, passing the Illinois bar the same year. Went to work for an old conservative Chicago law firm, and had an active social life in the city. Married a wealthy but self-centered and unstable socialite, Ellen Borden, in 1928, three sons from union, including one of the same name, who became a U.S. senator. In 1933, he became special council to a government agricultural agency. Returned to his law practice the following year, and also became involved in host of political and civic organizations, while buying a huge tract of rural land and building a home, but rarely staying there, which fed into his ultimate divorce in 1950. Never remarried, although he was subsequently connected to several high profile women, including Marietta Tree and publisher Katherine Graham. In 1941, he was made special assistant to the Secretary of Navy, allowing him to visit various theaters of war. On the Secretary’s death in 1944, he returned to Chicago, and tried to buy the Chicago Daily News, but his group was outbid. Became personal assistant to the Secretary of State, which involved him in the founding of the United Nations, then served as a senior advisor and alternate delegate during its first 3 sessions. In 1948, despite being relatively unknown in the state, he won a landslide victory in the Illinois governor’s race, with the mantra, “I am not a politician, I am a citizen,” and immediately began reforming the corrupt and scandal-ridden state, proving himself a talented administrator, and a hard worker. Although he did not harbor higher political ambitions, he was drafted at the 1952 Democratic convention to face popular war hero Dwight D. Eisenhower, and was subsequently defeated by almost a 5 to 1 margin in the electoral vote, despite his highly eloquent campaign speeches, in which he attacked the scourge of McCarthyism, while promoting his Democratic predecessor’s New Deal and Fair Deal. While he greatly appealed to intellectual America, who professed to “love Adlai madly,” the rest of the hero-besotted electorate liked Ike better, and he wound up being roundly ridiculed as an “egghead,” thanks to America’s ongoing predisposition against people who shine too brightly cerebrally. Code-named Deacon by the Secret Service, who later gave that name to Jimmy Carter. The most famous totem he left from the campaign, was a picture of his shoe with a hole in it. Traveled widely afterwards, and in 1956, he once again was given the thankless Democratic nod, after campaigning vigorously for it only to lose to Eisenhower by an even greater margin, thanks to a liberal agenda and a complacent country quite content with its popular Republican head of state because of its fairly robust economy. Returned to his law practice afterwards, and mulled over a third try, then refused to give the nominating speech for John F. Kennedy, the eventual nominee and winner, who denied him the coveted position of Secretary of State, although he was made U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in the new administration, and held that position until his death. The Kennedys privately held him in contempt as a man of thought rather than action, although he gave a dramatic challenge to the Soviets around the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. Also assaulted by an anti-U.N. protester in Dallas a month before Kennedy’s assassination there. A smoker, he also suffered from arteriosclerosis and hypertension, while paying little attention to his health. Died suddenly of heart failure while walking down a street in London. Wrote several books, and tried to serve as America’s conscience during a time of torpor and complacency. Inner: Liberal, principled and highly eloquent, with a legendary wit and great charm. Saw America as “the last best hope” for the world, and worked towards that end, as a teacher of sorts of what the country could be capable of. Put nobility of self over political victory and was greatly conflicted over exercising personal power. Guilt-tinged lifetime of trying to uplift a resistant country to his higher vision, at a time when it preferred easy fixes to complex questions & answers that strained its complacent view of itself. James G. Blaine (1830-1893) - American politician and diplomat. Outer: Father was a businessman and Presbyterian of Scotch-Irish descent. Mother was a Roman Catholic of Irish descent. One sister became a nun. Showed himself to be both bright and articulate as a youngster. After graduating from Washington College in 1847, he taught school while studying law. Secretly married Harriet Stanwood, a teacher, in 1850, then officially wed her the following year, while moving to Maine, where, through his wife’s brothers, he bought and edited the Kennebec Journal, a crusading Republican paper, before deciding that politics would be a better venue for himself. Served in the state legislature for an additional 3 years, and as its speaker for his last two years. Became chairman of the state’s Republican committee in 1859, and as such, directed every campaign for the next 20 plus years, winning him the sobriquet of “the Plumed Knight,” by his admirers. In 1862, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, serving until 1876 in that capacity, and as speaker for the last 7 years of it, showing himself to be a gifted debater, with a good sense of repartee, and an aggressive proponent of Republican Party politics, spearheading the passage of the 14th Amendment, which gave freed male slaves the right to vote. Took a moderate stance on Reconstruction during this period, and in 1876, seemed to be a leading candidate for the Republican nomination for the presidency. The publication of an incriminating set of letters, however, linked him to congressional favors for a railroad, and besmirched his name, although he was exonerated of the charge, only to lose the nomination to Rutherford B. Hayes (Jimmy Carter). After being appointed to fulfill a vacancy and then elected to the U.S. Senate, he was tapped by Pres. James Garfield (Coretta Scott King) to be his secretary of state. Pursued an active foreign policy, as he tried to make Latin American trade strictly an American affair, blocking European inroads there. Resigned after Garfield’s assassination, for which he was present, and in 1884, became the Republican presidential nominee, although he remained dogged by the earlier canard against him, as well as his resistance to civil service reform. In the election, he lost to Grover Cleveland (Jerry Brown), thanks to an intemperate remark that a clergyman made in his presence that the Democrats were the party of “Rum, Romanism and Rebellion,” which, nevertheless, stuck to him, and cost him the Catholic vote, thanks to an early policy stance surrounding the separation of Church’n’State. Cleveland barely beat him by less than 25,000 poplar votes, although they translated into an electoral college advantage of 219 to 182. The margin of victory was so slim, that a slight change in the NY count would have given him the election. Wrote a well-received two volume his/story, “Twenty Years of Congress,” afterwards, and then served as secretary of state in the next administration, that of Benjamin Harrison (Walter Mondale), whom he had supported instead of making another divisive run for the White House. Enjoyed the thrill of being an international player in the office, although proved larger ineffective in his larger goals. Interested in increasing American exports, and hemispheric stability, which he promoted in the first Pan-American Conference in 1889. Tried to annex Hawai’i, and negotiate a treaty with Nicaragua for an isthmus canal, while in office, although failed to grasp the scope of Latin American nationalism. As he got older his health continued to decline, and he suffered both melancholia and hypochondria. Resigned from his post in 1892 for health resigns and died several months later. Inner: Seen as both magnetic and brilliant, thanks to a facility with words, and great presence. Had more followers than intimates, preferring to keep his distance from people, despite a great ability to remember names and faces. Far better at suggesting programs than manifesting them, proving to be a man of eloquent words, rather than implemental actions. Imaginative, impatient and quick-witted, with a love of literature, and a facility for engaging conversation. More a party leader than a legislator, opening the gates for the Republican Party of 1896 and its subsequent 16 year domination of presidential politics. Close but no cigar lifetime of just missing attaining the presidency, while giving his usual high articulate voice to Republican Party politics and his own sense of direction for the nation at large. James Oglethorpe (1696-1785) - English general, colony founder and philanthropist. Outer: From the landed aristocracy. Both parents were staunch Jacobites, which gave their son an abiding loyalty to the crown, courage and high purpose. Two older brothers. Killed a man and spent 5 months in prison for the deed. Went to Eton, then Corpus Christi College, Oxford, but decided to join the army of Prince Eugene of Savoy (Arnold Schwarzenegger) in 1714. Became aide-de-camp to the prince at the suggestion of John Churchill (John F. Kennedy) and served with distinction against the Turks. Ended his Jacobite interests in 1719. Elected an MP in 1722, and at decade’s end, presided over a committee for prison reform, which inspired the idea that debtors and oppressed Protestants be recolonized in the southeast of the New World as a buffer against Spanish interest in Florida. Wound up with poor tradesman and religious refugees instead. Sailed for South Carolina in 1732, and settled in what eventually become Savannah, Georgia, setting up the first Masonic Lodge in the New World. Negotiated with the Creek Amerindians for land, and built defensive forts, before returning to England and gaining a royal charter for the province of Georgia, under the proviso it would be slave-free. Ran into much opposition because of his prohibition of both slavery and rum, and was looked upon in unkindly manner by his settlers, who saw him as a restrictive dictator. Ultimately forced to lift the ban on slavery. Also had difficulties with the Methodist Wesleys. When war broke out between England and Spain in 1739, he vigorously defended the territory at his own expense, in what was known as the War of Jenkins’ War. Although he was foiled in his attempt at capturing St. Augustine, Florida, he did lead some successful raids on Spanish forts, thanks to Amerindian help from the Seminoles. Returned to England in 1743, after being named brigadier general. Served in Lancashire against the Jacobites but was accused of misconduct. Although acquitted, he retired from military life afterwards. Married in 1744 to Elizabeth Wright, a wealthy Englishwoman. Initially a Jacobite Tory, he eventually became a more liberal Whig. A friend of Samuel Johnson (Winston Churchill) and his literary circle, involving himself in the intellectual life of the city, during his long stint as a Member of Parliament. Became a noted philanthropist and eventually retired and died at the advanced age of 89. Inner: Highly social, good conversationalist with an active mind. Conservative, and eventually a liberal ideologue, without the charisma to ground his policies into actualities. Imperial philanthropist and humanitarian. Bridge lifetime of exploring the possibilities of the New World as an ideologue and administrator, before retreating to the more familiar territory of the mind and stimulating conversation in his ongoing desire to integrate his advanced thinking with the far slower political worlds in which he continually finds himself.

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PATHWAY OF THE POLITICIAN AS CONTINUAL NEAR PRESIDENT:
Storyline: The eager reformer is always the bridesmaid but never the bride in the national electoral sweepstakes, despite a repeated propensity for coming within a hairbreadth of his longtime goal, thanks to a flawed character still not in tune with the larger nation’s needs.
Thomas E. Dewey (1902-1971) - American politician. Outer: Admiral George Dewey (John Kerry) was his grandfather’s 3rd cousin. Father edited the local newspaper in the town in which he was born, and was also postmaster and Republican county chairman. Went to the Univ. of Michigan, where he wrote for the student school newspaper, and also won several singing contests, evincing a pleasing baritone. 5'8". Won a scholarship to a music school, where he met his future wife, Frances Hutt. She would go on to appear in George White’s “Scandals” on Broadway. Grew his trademark mustache on a bicycle trip thru France in 1925. The duo married in 1928 and had 2 sons. An Episcopalian, and later a Mason, as well as a smoker. Sang in church choirs and synagogues to pay for law school and graduated Columbia Law School, doing the 2 year course in two. Went to work for two prominent NYC law firms, while actively becoming involved in Republican politics in its progressive, reform wing. Served as chief asst. to the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of NY from 1931 to 1933 and then the U.S. attorney briefly the following year. Went after arch-criminal Dutch Schultz, who threatened to assassinate him, only to be assassinated himself by the Mafia for fear of drawing too much heat on them. Subsequently appointed by Gov. Herbert Lehman in 1935 as a special prosecutor to investigate organized crime, and earned his reputation in that position, while also prosecuting Wall Street malfeasance. Worked with an excellent staff, that he had chosen, while showing great efficiency and tenacity, and won 72 convictions in 73 prosecutions of vice, racketeering and corruption in a variety of industries. Won handily for district attorney of Manhattan in 1937, as a racket buster. The following year he lost the race for governor to the popular Lehman, but emerged as a favored candidate for the Republican nomination for the presidency in 1940, only to lose it to Wendell Willkie (Barack Obama). In 1942, he finally achieved the governorship, which he used to launch a successful bid for the Republican nomination for the presidency, as a classic isolationist conservative, a stance he would later ameliorate. Campaigning on a moderately conservative agenda of lower taxes and less government, while still keeping elements of FDR’s New Deal in place, he was thoroughly defeated by the latter, garnering less than 1/4 of his electoral votes, thanks in large part to the formal, impersonal image he projected and his aggressive hunger for the job. Likened by wit Alice Roosevelt Longworth to the little man on the wedding-cake, a prophetic description, since he was always the bridesmaid, but never the bride to the national populace. Won the governorship for a second term in 1946, and in 1948, he campaigned for the presidency again against an unpopular incumbent, Harry S. Truman, who had inherited the office when FDR died before completing his term. Ran as more of an internationalist, much to the disdain of many conservatives, and despite being the clear favorite, he played it so safe and platitudinous, that he was trumped by Truman, who summarily ended his dream of becoming president, despite a premature newspaper headline in the Chicago Tribune which stated otherwise. Elected governor for a third time in 1950, he became a power broker in the Republican Party, gaining the nomination for Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952, who went on to handily win the election. Also aided the career of Richard Nixon, helping him win the vice-presidential nomination. Further alienated his more right-wing compeers for outmaneuvering their man, Robert A. Taft in the process. During his 12 years as governor, he cut taxes, increased salaries for state workers, reduced the state’s debt, developed the State University system, and expanded the highway web, as well favored amplifying the State’s welfare and unemployment networks. A strong proponent of the death penalty, he oversaw the electrocution of over 90 people, including two women. When his term of office ended in 1955, he went into private practice again, with his own Wall Street firm, while continuing to strongly influence the Republican Party, despite his moderate compromised stances on elements of the New Deal, and an internationalist view that ran counter to the isolationism of the country’s mainline conservatives. When Eisenhower was mulling not running again in 1956 in favor of him, party hard-liners talked the former out of it. As the conservative wing gained more and more control of the party, he found himself persona non grata in their midsts, and less and less of a factor in party politics. Following the death of his wife, he began dating actress Kitty Carlisle, before dying of a heart attack. Inner: Hard worker, aggressive, tenacious and highly efficient. Outwardly calm, dignified and self-assured, but curiously impersonal, formal and aloof in his public projections. As one Democratic hostess put it, “You have to know Mr. Dewey very well in order to dislike him.” Repeat performance lifetime of doing pretty much what he had earlier done, while once again making all the right career moves, only to ultimately play it too safe to realize his singular longheld ambition, that of the U.S. presidency. Samuel J. Tilden (1814-1886) - American politician. Outer: Father was a storekeeper and postmaster who was a friend of Martin Van Buren (Franklin Roosevelt) and William Marcy (Antonio Villaraigosa). 5th child. His father sold nostrums and drugs, and had a morbid obsession with health as well as politics, which he passed onto to his son. Had a stultified childhood thanks to his sire’s temperament, and also lived for a while with an ungrounded aunt in NYC, which further alienated him. Studied briefly at Yale College, but was forced to leave after one term because of ill health. Never married, and at the end of his life confided to a friend that he was a virgin. Slightly built, with a boyish face, nervous and awkward gestures, and a weak voice, he would also be plagued by ill health most of his life. Published several political essays, then studied studied law at what what would become NYU, and was admitted to the NY bar in 1841. Became a prominent trial and corporate lawyer, while continuing his strong interest in politics. Specialized in refinancing railroads, and grew rich in the process, thanks to shrewd investments in NY real estate, Michigan iron mines and railroads. Joined the Democratic Party, and served in the state legislature in 1846. Although a member of the “Free Soil” faction of the Democratic Party, he did not become a Republican like his fellow “Barnburners,” whom he saw as sectional and divisive, in their desire to shut out the South from the national government. Instead, he followed his conservative instincts, thanks to his accumulated wealth, and remained a Democrat, which at the time, was the party of big business. In 1855, he was the anti-slavery candidate for attorney-general of the state, although he was more opposed to the institution for political and economic reasons, than humane ones. Antipathetic Abraham Lincoln’s election in 1860, knowing full well it would lead to Civil War, and took no active part in the subsequent conflict. Afterwards, he became chairman of the Democratic state committee, and although he initially worked in harmony with the corrupt Boss Tweed (Steve Wynn) ring, he ultimately broke with it, after it had been editorially exposed, and belatedly finished it off, which gave him the political backing to win the governorship of New York in 1874, thanks to his restructuring of the NY judiciary and expelling its corrupt judges, in another adroit political move. Proved to be a meticulous, hard-working administrator, and won national fame for his efforts, while adding to his luster by breaking up the “Canal” ring, another graft-inspired group which exploited the state’s canal systems. Won the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 1876 on the strength of his perceived incorruptibility, although his name was subsequently smeared in the campaign as being disloyal during the Civil War and filing both fraudulent and no tax returns in the 1860s. His uncommanding frail presence, plus his connection with the railroads and his general indifference did little to inspire those who came into direct contact him, making the ultimate election an extremely close affair. Although he received a majority of 250,000 votes, he lost the electoral college by one vote, 185 to 184 to Rutherford B. Hayes (Jimmy Carter), after much maneuvering and compromise, as well as a judgment by the electoral commission. Proved indecisive and timid in the aftermath, and ultimately accepted the judgment for the sake of national harmony, but insisted afterwards that he had legally been elected president. Following his defeat, he was harassed by investigation of his tax returns, as well as charges that he had been in negotiation for purchasing electoral votes in the contested states of South Carolina and Florida, although he vehemently denied the charges. The entire experience totally turned him off politics, and he refused to run again, even though the party wanted to nominate him in both 1880 and 1884. Instead he retired to his Yonkers estate, and devoted himself to accumulating a large library, while living as a recluse thanks to his various infirmities. Eventually amassed a huge estate of over $5 million, and wanted to establish a great public library in NYC with it, although his relatives contested the will, in a symbolic repeat of his life, where his larger will wound up contested as well. His library, however, along with two others, wound up as the basis for the NY Public Library, which bears his name on its front. On his gravestone, would sit the words, “I Still Trust in the People.” Inner: Bookish, cerebral, secretive, aloof and highly ambitious. Despite his seeming noble stances, largely motivated by ambition, which weakened what should have been an outstanding career as reformer and magisterial politician. Thwarted lifetime of excess timidity, despite a genuine gift for reform and administration, necessitating a rough repeat of the same story with a somewhat more dynamic character, who would still be plagued by the same disconnected and cautious interior. Thomas Dudley (1576-1653) - English/American governor and magistrate. Outer: Father was an English country gentleman, and may have been part of the noble Dudley family, although the connection has never been proven. Only son, with one sister. His mother died when he was young, and he was orphaned at 14, when his sire, a captain, was killed in battle. Entered the service of several wealthy patrons, who sent him to Latin school, and he became a page in the house of the Earl of Northampton, where he learned the manners of the nobility. Became a judge’s clerk, as well as a Puritan in his early 20s. Married Dorothy Yorke, a gentlewoman in 1603, and among his 5 children was poetess Anne Bradstreet (Zadie Smith). Served as a steward of the Earl of Lincoln’s estates, helping him with his financial difficulties. As tensions continued to grow between the Puritans and the English government, he was chosen in 1629 as one of 5 officers to emigrate to the Americas under the Royal Charter. Sailing on the flagship of the Winthrop Fleet, he arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony the following year, where he became deputy governor, while John Winthrop (William Bennett), was the governor. Became the second most influential man in the colony next to him, and often quarreled with him, beginning immediately on their landing, when they could not agree on where the seat of government should be located, with Winthrop prevailing in his desire for Boston. Settled in New Towne, which would later be Cambridge. Alternately served as governor of the colony 4 times and deputy governor 13 times, and also helped found Harvard College, signing its charter. Proved to be far more intolerant than the relatively liberal Winthrop, showing himself to be a Puritan of the sternest mold. He was also a harsh heresy hunter, helping to give the Mass. Bay Colony much of its early uptight character. His wife died in 1643, and he married Katherine Deighton the following year. Among his 7 children with his second wife was future governor Joseph Dudley (Jerry Brown/Joseph Biden). Inner: Stern, dogmatic, austere, unbending, but also highly competent, and as always a vigorous reformer. Scholarly, wrote forgettable poetry. Grim-lipped lifetime of introducing himself to the new world as a paradigm of righteous behavior, setting up a model which would both propel and repel the succeeding electorate to alternately accept and reject him and ultimately frustrate him from his longheld higher goals.

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PATHWAY OF THE POLITICIAN AS CONSERVATIVE ICON:
Storyline: The stalwart patriot would rather be right than president, and continually proves himself a consistent man of principle, even when his beliefs go against the lockstep tenets of the movement he came to personify.
Barry Goldwater (1909-1998) - American politician. Outer: Grandfather, Mike Goldwasser, was a Jewish immigrant from Poland, who opened an eponymous department store. His father converted to the Episcopal Church on marrying, and continued running the store, which made the family very well off. Oldest child. A good athlete, although never much of a student. Had a lifelong fascination with gadgetry, as well as Amerinidian culture. 6’, blue-eyed, and bespectacled, with a strong chin. Went to a military academy, and then spent a year at the Univ. of Arizona, before taking over Goldwater’s in 1930 at his sire’s death. Married Margaret Johnson in 1934, 2 sons and 2 daughters from union, including Barry, Jr. who would go on to serve in the House of Representatives. Became company president in 1937, the same year he suffered the first of 2 nervous collapses from the pressures of the store. Got a reserve commission at the outbreak of WW II and spent the war flying between the U.S. and India delivering supplies. Stayed in the reserves after the conflict, ultimately retiring as a major general. Organized the Arizona air national guard in 1946, and led the fight to desegregate the Air Force, while supporting the initial Civil Rights acts, although drew the line in 1964, which he felt it went too far in empowering the government. In 1949, he entered politics campaigning against union shops, and was elected as a Republican to the Phoenix city council. 4 years later, he was elected U.S. Senator from Arizona as an isolationist and classic conservative who opposed the intrusion of the federal government into the lives of ordinary citizens, objected to the United Nations, and supported a strong military, while championing the traditional values of an earlier America. Later opposed the censure of Joseph McCarthy, whom he unwaveringly supported as a fellow anti-communist. By the decade’s nearend, he had emerged as leader of the conservative wing of the Republican party. Handily won re-election in 1958, despite strong labor opposition to him, and in 1960, published “The Conscience of a Conservative,” limning his anti-communist views. The work would prove seminal for the movement he represented, and he spent the next 4 years, gearing himself for the Republican nomination for the presidency. Resigned his senate seat, and despite liberal Republican opposition, won the nomination in 1964 in a bitter fight, only to lose by the largest margin ever to Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson, who portrayed him as a nuclear nut, capable to bringing the world to annihilation, thanks to his avowed sentiment, “Extremism in the name of liberty is no vice! Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.” Won only six states and less than 40% of the vote, but helped turn the solid South into an ultimate Republican bastion, when it had been a Democratic stronghold ever since the Civil War. Returned to the Senate in 1968, and held his seat until his final retirement in 1987. Persuaded Richard Nixon to resign in 1974, when he told him he would be impeached over Watergate if he didn’t. Later called him the most dishonest person he had ever met. Paved the way for Ronald Reagan’s championing of the conservative cause and ascent to the presidency in 1980, and served as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee in the early 1980s. Proved himself a maverick, however, with some of his stances, including feeling a woman had the ultimate choice in whether to have an abortion or not, and that gays could serve in the military, thanks to his strongly held beliefs in personal liberty. Seen as an apostate by some, but was always consistent in his belief that the government had no right to interfere in the private lives of its citizens over any issue. Ultimately worried that the Christian right was more of a threat than liberals or moderates in their imposition of their own moral and religious values. Seven years after the death of his wife in 1985, he married Susan Wechsler, a nurse, who was over three decades his junior. Suffered a stroke in 1996, and disappeared from public view, as he slipped into Alzheimer’s disease. Ultimately died from complications from the stroke. Inner: More the ideologue than the actualizer of his principles, particularly after seeing them distorted later in life. Great believer in freedom and rugged individualism, and in the military strength of the country as the best counterfoil to the threat of communism. Accomplished amateur photographer, and ham radio operator, with a tendency to say what he felt, no matter how impolitic. Also harbored a fascination with UFOs. Libertarian lifetime of giving voice to traditional American values and spearheading the modern conservative movement, only to see it become as intrusive as the liberal model he loathed, as he continues to champion his clear-cut vision and division of right, left and wrong in his ongoing identification with varying facets of the American experience. Howell Cobb (1815-1868) - American politician. Outer: From a wealthy and socially prominent Georgia family that dominated the political life of the South during the antebellum period, with a long tradition of public service. Father was a cotton planter. Older brother of writer Thomas Cobb (William Safire). Grew up in cultured environs, and went to the Univ. of Georgia, although he was expelled for participating in a riot, before being readmitted. Upon graduating in 1834, he immediately married Mary Ann Lamar, and was admitted to the bar in 1836, after two years of private study. His wife was the daughter of another wealthy Georgia planter, allowing him the leisure to devote his life to public affairs, without having to worry about an income. 6 children from the union, as well his wife’s sizable estate, which included several cotton plantations and 200 slaves. Became a state solicitor general, and then was elected as a conservative Democrat for 4 terms to the House of Representatives, ultimately rising to Speaker, where for a few days he was a heartbeat from the presidency in 1850 on the death of Zachary Taylor (Gerald Ford). Supported both territorial expansion and the extension of slavery into the new territories, but also backed the Compromise of 1850, and through it, handily won the governorship of Georgia as a Democratic unionist, holding that office from 1851 to 1853, where he supported educational reform and health care, although came into conflict with the state’s conservative Democrats. Failed to get a coveted senate nomination and briefly retired to his law practice. Wrote about slavery in Biblical terms in 1856, a stance many southern slave owners took during that period to rationalize their position. After being elected to the House of Representatives again, he became Secretary of the Treasury under James Buchanan (John W. Davis), a close friend of his, and served in that post for 3 years, before resigning at the end of 1860. Became a confirmed secessionist at that point, after a lifetime of resisting that idea, and a leader of the secession movement. Served as president of the seceded states, when they gathered in Alabama just prior to the Civil War in 1861, and spearheaded a constitution for the newly forming Confederacy. Went on to serve as Speaker and President Pro Temporare of the early Confederate Provision Congress, then enlisted in the Confederate army at the outbreak of the war. Made a colonel, and the following year was appointed brigadier general, commanding a brigade of the Army of Northern Virginia, despite having little real soldierly inclinations. Fought in several notable battles, including Antietam, and then was dispatched to Florida. Made a major general in 1863, he was put in command of the District of Georgia and Florida, where the notorious Andersonville prison was constructed per his suggestion. Fought throughout the war, and at its nearend opposed Gen. Robert E. Lee’s (George Marshall) desire to enlist slaves in the conflict, arguing it would counter the South’s rationalization that they were completely inferior people, and did not deserve the right to be viewed as the equals of the soldiers who were fighting to maintain them as such. After the war, he went home and continued his law practice, partnering with a relative, while opposing Reconstruction, and bitterly denouncing it in a series of speeches. While taking a vacation in NYC, he suffered a massive heart attack and died instantly in a hotel lobby. Inner: Conservative and charismatic traditionalist and very much a product of both his time and place. Ideologue lifetime of strong identification with a highly divisive cause only to literally wind up broken-hearted from its unwanted outcome. Spencer Perceval (1762-1812) - English politician. Outer: Second son of an earl by his second marriage, and 5th of 9 children. Also had several half brothers and sisters from his sire’s first union. The latter had been a cabinet minister and died when his son was 10. Went to Harrow and then Trinity College, Cambridge, where he evinced a growing commitment to evangelical Anglicanism, and was noted for being studious. Thin, pale and short, with a tendency to dress in black, he was known as “Little P.” Entered Lincoln’s Inn in 1783, and three years later became a barrister, showing himself to be an intensely conservative traditionalist. Had difficulty in establishing his career, until he got a position through his mother’s family as a deputy recorder, and then as a Commissioner of Bankrupts. Somewhat impoverished at the time of his marriage in 1790 to Jane Spencer-Wilson, the sister of an older brother’s wife and the daughter of a Sussex landowner, who opposed the union. 6 sons and 6 daughters from the close marriage, while his wife, who shared his piety and belief in daily prayer, outlived him by three decades. In 1794, he worked as a prosecutor for the Crown against John Horne Tooke (William Safire), although failed to convict him on charges of treason, as the latter successfully defended himself against him. A brother served in the government of William Pitt the Younger (J. William Fulbright), although he was initially ambivalent about following him into a political career, before accepting a nomination as an MP in 1796, and winning the post. Made his maiden speech in 1797 on mutinies in sea and land forces. His Tory stances, particularly against the liberal ideology of Charles James Fox (David Lloyd George), brought him to notice. An enthusiastic Anglican, and a strong believer in law’n’order, he had a fascination with Biblical prophecy, and became somewhat of an expert in that field, penning pamphlets about projected discoveries he had made. Good debater with a subtle wit. Once opined during a debate, "I have nothing to say to the nothing that has been said.” Joined Henry Addington’s conservative government after the turn of the century, first as Solicitor General, and then Attorney General, although he disagreed with the prime minister’s foreign policy, and kept his focus on legal issues. When Pitt returned to office in 1804, he was retained as a Cabinet bulldog, showing a vituperative contumely to those who disagreed with him. At the former’s death, he went into opposition, evincing a particularly fierce resistance to Catholic emancipation. Joined the succeeding Duke of Portland’s government, as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons. Served as the aged and ill PM’s chief minister, and even resided at 10 Downing Street, prior to his own official residency there. The most important piece of legislation passed under him was William Wilburforce’s anti-slavery bill, abolishing the slave trade in British territories. Following a stroke that sidelined Portland, he outmaneuvered George Canning (Chris Patten) and in 1809, became Prime Minister, during a difficult time. Had to serve as his own Chancellor, after 6 men turned the position down. Found himself stymied during his run of office, thanks to a complete recalcitrance around reform and rigid attitudes towards most of the major issues of the day, while sitting over a divided Parliament, and working with a monarch, George III (Jeffrey Archer) who had already descended into madness. His aggressive policies spurred the War of 1812 with the U.S., and he remained largely a contentious figure, despite being personally liked. As he was about to attend an inquiry into the recent Luddite riots, he was shot by John Bellingham in the lobby of Commons with a concealed pistol, and his last words were, “Oh, I have been murdered.” Bellingham had been imprisoned for debts while trading in Russia, and wanted compensation for his travails from the government, which subsequently refused to give him his expected due. Looking to take out his vengeance on any symbolic representative, the unbalanced merchant arbitrarily chose the prime minister, and was hanged within a week for his dastardly act. His widow remarried several years later, and one of his sons wrote a full-scale biography of him. Had the odd honor of being the first and only British Prime Minister ever to be assassinated. Inner: Amiable, generous, incorruptible, hardworking and upright, although extremely rigid, tenacious and prejudicial in his views. Strong traditionalist, opposed anything that smacked of radicalism, as well as all vices, including slavery. The possessor of great charm, he delighted everyone who knew him personally. Tory to the bone lifetime of bearing the violent brunt of a mad assassin, after showing himself to be an unbending ideologue whose penchant for prophecy never saw his own abrupt end coming.

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PATHWAY OF THE POLITICIAN AS GOOD CHRISTIAN KNIGHT:
Storyline: The martial peacenik sees himself in a heroic mold as a political savior, as he strides out twice to try to save a divided country with his moral vision and soldierly skills, only to be repeatedly reminded of his own inherent divisiveness in the stances he takes.
George McGovern (1922) - American politician. Outer: Father was a Methodist minister, who had been a professional baseball player, and both parents were Republicans. One of 4 children. When he was 6, his family moved to South Dakota. 6’1”, 175 lbs. Graduated from Dakota Wesleyan Univ. Met his future wife, Eleanor Stegeberg in a high school debate, in which she and her partner defeated him and his cohort. Married her in 1943, and they remained so until her death in 2007. 4 daughters and a son from union. Took flying lessons, despite fears around it, and got a pilot’s license in order to test his warrior heart, then volunteered for the US Army Air Force during WW II. Served as a bomber pilot, flying 35 missions over rat-a-tat-tat-tat territory, and won a Distinguished Service Cross for safely crash landing, and saving his crew in the process. After the war, he got a divinity degree from Garret Theological Seminary in Chicago, and became a Methodist minister, only to feel he was becoming his father. Got a Ph.D. in his/story from Northwestern Univ. and went back to his alma mater to teach. Joined the Progressive Party in 1948, and was an enthusiastic supporter of Henry Wallace in his subsequent quixotic try for the presidency. Was won over to the Democrats four years later through the eloquence of Adlai Stevenson. In 1956, he won a seat in the House of Representatives, in his first elective run. Served two terms then failed in his first bid for Senator from South Dakota. Pres. John F. Kennedy made him the first director of his Food for Peace program, and the higher public profile gained him the state’s other senate seat in 1962, which he held onto for 3 terms. Initially voted for the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which precipitated the Vietnam war, then became an early and bitter opponent of it. Presented himself as a liberal and moral voice of reason against the tremendous toll of the war, and scolded his fellow senators for their callousness in allowing it to continue. Made a bid for the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 1968, after the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, in a gesture of picking up his fallen peace banner, but had been highly critical of the former beforehand, and did not capture the imagination of the anti-war crowd. Wound up defeated by the garrulous vice-president Hubert Humphrey, and the more conservative and traditional elements of the party. The following year he was named chairman of the party’s Reform Commission, which gave caucuses and primaries primacy over selecting candidates, rather than insiders as before, and also opened up the convention to minorities, women and youth, which set the stage for his own triumphant 1972 convention, when he won the nomination, thanks to his campaign manager, Gary Hart, a future contender himself. Much to the delight of the Republicans, he ran as representative of the ultraliberal wing of the Democratic Party, demanding troop withdrawal, cuts in defense spending, and support of the Equal Rights Amendment. Two weeks into his campaign, his vice-presidential candidate Thomas Eagleton was tagged for undergoing electroshock therapy, and he was forced to drop him and replace him with a Kennedy in-law, Sargent Shriver, after first declaring his 1000% backing of his depressive running mate. The more traditional elements of the party refused to support him, and he wound up getting creamed in the election, by an electorate who had had enough of lefties. Failed even taking his own home state, as only Massachusetts and the District of Columbia fell into his electoral column, and he got trounced 520 to 17, although the Watergate break-in occurred during the election, which would ultimately spell loss for the victor, Richard Nixon, as well. Re-elected to the Senate in 1974, but ultimately switched his dovish position by voting for military action following the Iranian hostage crisis in 1979. Much later he admitted voting for Gerald Ford over his own party’s Jimmy Carter, feeling more comfortable with the former. Lost his re-election bid the following year, as the country swung noticeably rightward. Became a professor at the Univ. of New Orleans for two years. and then in 1984, he made another bid for the presidential nomination, although inspired little enthusiasm and quit early on. In 1994, one of his daughters died of alcohol related causes, after years of battling addiction. Founded a nonprofit organization in response to the problem in her name. Remained active politically past the turn of the century, with U.N. posts, and continued to act as a liberal voice throughout the Bush administration, seeing definite parallels between the Vietnam and Iraq Wars. In 2006, he co-authored a book calling for withdrawal from Iraq. Inner: Highly moral, with a strong sense of righteousness, as a secular minister with a strong Christian identification with the Prince of Peace. Moral scold lifetime of inadvertantly doing untold damage to the Democratic Party through his leftward lurch towards peace, but remaining largely true to his principles, no matter the personal or political costs. George McClellan (1826-1885) - American general and politician. Outer: Of Scottish descent. Father was a prominent surgical ophthalmologist, and a medical college founder, mother was the product of a leading Pennsylvania family. The middle of five children, his younger brother became his aide-de-camp. Went to prep schools and the Univ. of Pennsylvania at the age of 13 to reluctantly study law, but after two years, opted for military service. 5'6", red-haired, squarely and powerfully built, with surpassing strength and endurance. Accepted at West Point in 1842, when it waived the minimal age requirement for him, thanks to his family’s pull. Graduated 2nd in his class of 59 in 1846, and was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in the engineers. Fought in the Mexican War, and then served as an instructor in engineering at West Point, before helping explore the sources of the Red River. Thanks to his fluency in French, he was sent to Europe to study tactics and organization. Witnessed the seige of Sebastopol in the Crimean War, and submitted a new design for cavalry saddles that was utilized for many years. Resigned from the army in 1857, and became chief engineer of the Illinois Central Railroad and then president of another railroad company. Married Ellen Marcy, the daughter of one of his former commanders in 1860, after she had turned down his proposal 5 years earlier. Son of the same name became a politician, while his daughter spent most of her life abroad. Joined the Union army at the outbreak of the Civil War, and was commissioned a major general of Ohio volunteers, before gaining the same rank with the regulars. Early successes led to his becoming commanding general of the Union Army in November of 1861. Organized and trained the Army of the Potomac and made it a creditable fighting force, while operating from the credo that the less damage and casualties, the better the changes for a conciliation following the war. Well-liked by his troops, he was known as ‘Little Mac,’ thanks to a genuine caring for their well-being. Relieved of his larger command in 1862, by Pres. Abraham Lincoln, because of his caution and slowness in advancing. Retained his command of the Army of the Potomac, and continued his successes, although proved no match for Robert E. Lee (George Marshall), who was able to take advantage of his hesitancies, although the latter considered him the best commander he faced. Used his organizational skills to prepare the defense of Washington, then defeated the Confederates at two key battles, but failed to follow up on his victories, and wound up being relieved of his command in late 1862, to await orders. Although he wished to vigorously prosecute the war, he accepted the peace platform of the Democratic Party, but had difficulty in reconciling his views with it. Ran against Lincoln as the Democratic candidate in 1864, but was badly beaten, by a ten to one margin in electoral votes, thanks to his own bitterness over imagined injustices to him in his curtailed commands. Resigned his commission afterwards and went to Europe for 3 years. When he returned to the U.S. he served as chief engineer for NYC’s Department of Docks in the early 1870s, then served with a railroad company as trustee and president at the same time. Finished his public career as governor of New Jersey from 1877 to 1881. Spent his last years traveling and writing. His autobiography, “McClellan’s Own Story” appeared two years after his death from heart problems. A defense of his battlefield actions, it was only partially completed, so that his editor used wartime letters to his wife as filler, further sullying his ultimate reputation. His last words were, “I feel easy now. Thank you,” before dying of heart trouble. Inner: Meticulous organizer and administrator and an excellent strategist, although he was too slow and cautious for the battlefield movements of the war, proving to be far more effective off the field than on it, leading to a low opinion of him by the harsh eye of his/story, despite his obvious capabilities. Quiet and scholarly, enjoyed mountain-climbing in Switzerland as a release. Good visionary, but also egotistical and self-defeating in his ultimate desire to be a conciliatory force in a time of civil war. Poorly perceived lifetime of ending up as a his/storical butt instead of a hero, thanks to a combination of circumstances, caution and conciliation, in his ongoing odd capacity for achieving the opposite of many of his aims. John Peter Muhlenberg (1746-1807) - American general, politician and clergyman. Outer: Son of German immigrants, and eldest of 11 children. His brother Frederick also became a politician. Father was a Lutheran minister. Tall and strong, albeit impulsive and shy, he showed himself to be a frontiersman at heart, with a draw towards the military, which disturbed his sire, who wanted him to be an entrepreneur. Received an excellent education from the Academy of Philadelphia, although preferred hunting and fishing to his studies, before going to Germany to his father’s alma mater, the Univ. of Halle in the mid-1760s, where he was educated to be a merchant, since his teachers felt he was unsuited for the ministry. Given a 6 year apprenticeship to a petty grocer in Lubeck, but chafed at the exploitative work and his status as a virtual prisoner of his employer, and ran off after 3 years to serve as a secretary to an officer in the German dragoons. Returned to Philadelphia and was ordained in 1768 as a Lutheran minister, and one of his father’s assistants, before taking over a flock in NJ, and then moving to Virginia. Married Hannah Meyer, the daughter of a potter, in 1770, 4 sons and 2 daughters from union. His wife would die a year before him. After a visit to England in 1772, he was also ordained into the Anglican Church. Became involved in Revolutionary era politics as a follower of Patrick Henry (Barack Obama), and was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1774. The following year, he raised and commanded the 8th Virginia Regiment of the Continental Army with the rank of colonel, at the personal behest of George Washington (George Marshall). Dramatically removed his cleric’s robe during a sermon to reveal his uniform underneath as a gesture of inspiration for his flock. An active participant in the war, despite contracting a liver disease, he rose to brigadier general in 1777, fighting in both offensive and defensive positions. By war’s end he was made a major general, and wound up living in Pennsylvania, where he served as vice-president of the state from 1785 to 1789. In 1789, he was elected to the first U.S. Congress as a Pennsylvania representative. Continued in that capacity for two more terms during the decade, and in 1801, became a U.S. senator, although resigned his office later that year. His final post was customs collector for Philadelphia. Died at his suburban home of liver disease. Inner: Handsome and courtly, with an aristocratic temper. Capable and competent, discharging all his duties without any of the controversy or contentiousness that would appear in later lives in this series. High-spirited and quick-witted. Tripartite lifetime of his three major stances, clergyman, military man and political man, as an introduction to the ways of the New World, in order to give him the trifecta base for his later more disjointed forays into his/story, without greatly affecting his times, this particular time around.

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PATHWAY OF THE POLITICIAN AS PRESENT DAY PURITAN:
Storyline: The stoical pol publicly plays Zorba the Geek in his ongoing lessons, both personal and national, around competition, rejection and loss, while serving, as part of that process, as the last standard-bearer of liberalism in the presidential sweepstakes of the 20th century.
Michael Dukakis (1933) - American politician. Outer: Parents were Greek immigrants. Cousin of actress Olympia Dukakis. Father became an obstretician. Had one self-destructive older brother, Stelian. An Eagle Scout and straight arrow in high school, he graduated from Swarthmore Univ., then served in the military before getting his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1960. 5’6”. In 1964, he married Katherine Dickson, known as Kitty, 3 children from union. His wife would subsequently prove to be a depressive and some questions would linger whether he had had psychiatric treatment sometime in his earlier life. His brother had had a breakdown in his early 20s, and made a suicide attempt, before being institutionalized and given electro-shock therapy. The latter subsequently campaigned against his sibling, and the duo had a contentious, competitive adulthood. After an argument between the pair, Stelian pedaled off into the night and had a fatal bicycle accident in 1973, leaving an empty scar in his brother’s psyche. Elected to the Mass. state legislature as a Democrat, then became Mass. governor in 1974, and went on to hold that position for 3 terms to become the longest serving chief executive in the state’s his/story. Broke a no taxes pledge on taking office, as well as a promise to break up the politically powerful and patronage-rich Metropolitan District Commission. Proved to be large-hearted when it came to criminals, posthumously exonerating Nicola Sacco (Terry Nichols) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (Tim McVeigh), 50 years after their execution, and also commuting numerous murder sentences, a practice which rebounded, so that he stopped doing it his last 3 years in office. Lost in the primaries of the 1978 election because state party leaders thought he was ineffective, and he had to bitterly swallow the humiliation, but bounced back and defeated his rival in 1982, with John Kerry as his lieutenant-governor. Won handily in 1986, thanks to a high tech boom, and his own technocratic reputation as being part of the economic Massachusetts Miracle which followed. Gained the plaudits of his fellow governors as well for the feat. Rode the subway to the capitol every day, while also vastly improving Boston’s transit system. Despite a crimped personality, he emerged from a varied field known as the Seven Dwarfs in 1988, to win the Democratic nomination as a card-carrying liberal. Code-named Peso by the Secret Service, because he was cheap. In the subsequent election In the subsequent election, he was outmaneuvered by George H. W. Bush and his dirty tricks department, which trumpeted the sad story of furloughed felon Willie Horton, who committed a rape and assault while on leave, as example of the governor’s unacceptable permissiveness. Despite having served in the military, he didn’t help his own cause by displaying his short unmartial form in an ill-fitting helmet inside a tank either. His response to a capital punishment question during the debates, when asked what he would do to the perp if his wife were raped and murdered, brought out an anti-death sentence response, which left the voters feeling he was passionless, and his numbers dropped substantially and never recovered, after earlier being heavily favored to defeat Bush. Lost by over a 3 to 1 margin in the electoral college, and was subsequently blamed for the Democratic Party’s listless tilt leftward and loss of the country’s imagination in the process. Following his defeat, the Massachusetts Miracle stuttered to a halt, and the state stumbled through his final two years, winding up with a $1.5 billion debt, the largest ever up to that time, despite his raising taxes once again. Retired from political life at the end of his term in 1990, and became a visiting professor at various institutions, while remaining a sour note by continually complaining in interviews about the underhandedness of the campaign that defeated him all through Bush’s term. In 1990, his wife published a book in which she admitted to successful electro-shock therapy for depression, while also suffering from alcoholism. Ultimately became bi-coastal, teaching at UCLA in the winter, while spending the rest of the year with his boyhood home as his base. Also returned to politics in an advisory capacity, with an enthusiasm about grassroots politicking as a coda to his own political life. Inner: Reserved and stoical, with a liberal, albeit puritanical sensibility. Contained lifetime of giving liberalism its last hurrah of the 20th century, while serially dealing with the humiliation and hurt of loss in more and more public manner, in an ongoing exercise in self-control and transmutation of personal pain, that has permeated all his public lives in America in this series. Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888) - American politician. Outer: Father was a U.S. representative and federal judge, as well as an author. Mother was of Scottish descent, and a noted beauty. Older brother, Frederick Augustus Conkling, was also a U.S. Representative. Attended Mt. Washington Collegiate Institute, then studied law in Utica, before being admitted to the bar in 1850, the same year he was made district attorney for Oneida County. In 1855, he married Julia Seymour, the sister of Horatio Seymour (Averill Harriman), a future governor of NY. One daughter from the union. An effective and popular orator, he made a name for himself at Whig conventions, before being elected mayor of Utica, and then Congress as a member of the newly formed Republican Party. Served in every Congress but one through the Civil War, before being elected a Senator in 1867, as a machine politician. A strong supporter of radical reconstruction, he became a national leader as part of the Stalwart (or Pro U.S. Grant) faction of the Republican Party. Re-elected twice more in 1873 and 1879. Showed himself to be a Senate boss, and a powerhouse thanks to his control of federal patronage in NY state, allowing him influence well beyond his office. Failed to gain the Republican nomination in 1876, when he lost to ultimate winner and dark horse Rutherford B. Hayes (Jimmy Carter), then questioned the legitimacy of his presidency in the close race that followed where the latter lost the popular vote to Samuel J. Tilden (Thomas E. Dewey), but won the disputed electoral vote. When the operations of the U.S. customs house, whose patronage system had traditionally been controlled by the Republicans, was investigated by the administration, he went out of his way to discredit Hayes & company, which was further darkened in his eye, by the employment of his longtime enemy, William Evarts as Secretary of State. Through his ministrations, Hayes failed to be renominated. Compromised with James Garfield (Coretta Scott King) in 1880, only to see his ‘Half-breed’ enemies dominate the latter’s cabinet, and his own power come to a grinding halt. Resigned along with Thomas Platt (George H.W. Bush), and offered himself to the NY legislature for vindication, only to fail to be re-elected. Following Garfield’s assassination, and his protege Chester A. Arthur (Hugh Carey) becoming president, he thought he’d regain his patronage post, only to run into the latter’s call for reform, which ended the relationship twixt the two, as well as his political career. Spent the rest of his working life practicing law in NYC, where his most outstanding accomplishment was to augment the 14th Amendment, which he had initially proposed, before the U.S. Supreme Court, making due process applicable to corporations, as well as individuals. Also managed to make a large fortune his post-political career. Fittingly, he died during a blizzard in NYC, while overextending himself. Inner: Vain, contentious, highly articulate, and superior in his sense of rightness and moral rectitude, with the reputation of having a “turkey-gobbler strut.” Temperate, despised tobacco, and was into exercise and boxing, taking great pride in his physique. Completely contemptuous of anyone who disagreed with him. Comeuppance lifetime of having his way for a period, and then being forced to suffer rejection and defeat, through a personality not equipped to deal with either, an ongoing theme of his, in his various incarnations in the public weal. Timothy Pickering (1745-1829) - American politician. Outer: From a middle-class background. 8th of 9 children, with only one other brother. Grew up strong-bodied. His family had the wherewithal for the education of its sons. Graduated from Harvard Univ. in 1763, and was admitted to the bar 5 years later in Salem, where he became active in local affairs and a leader of the local militia. Married Rebecca White in 1776, two sons from the union. Initially opposed to the patriot cause in the Revolutionary War, but in 1777 he accepted George Washington’s (George Marshall) offer to become adjutant general and then quartermaster general of the American army, proving highly efficient in both posts, although he was critical of the lukewarm support that the Revolution received in some popular quarters. Supported a large farm and family, although was less successful in his financial speculations, particular with Pennsylvania land. After the war, he supported a strong central government as a member of the Constitutional Convention. In 1791, he was made Postmaster General in Washington’s cabinet, and remained a cabinet officer for the rest of the decade. Able to set up an effective mail system, and also served as a Federal commissioner in several indigene disputes. In 1795, he was made Secretary of War, then State. As a Federalist, who also intrigued against fellow Fed Alexander Hamilton (John F. Kennedy), he was able to hold that position in the subsequent John Adams (Martin Sheen), administration, but was dismissed by the latter for his extremely anti-French and pro-British sentiments. Moved back to Massachusetts in 1800, and became a justice, before being elected to the U.S. Senate as a Federalist in 1803, where he became an opponent and critic of both Presidents Thomas Jefferson (Saul Williams) and James Madison (Woodrow Wilson). Grew more and more obdurate as he grew older, evincing a grumpy contentiousness that ultimately led to his openly advocating the secession of New England following the Louisiana Purchase, and the formation of a separate northern federation. After being defeated for re-election in 1811, he was elected to the House of Reps, serving from 1813 to 1817, during which time he opposed the War of 1812, while acting more and more of the public scold against Republican policies, so that he was ultimately seen in the light of his negatives, rather than his positives. Retired afterwards, and became a farmer, and was physically active until life’s end. Inner: Efficient, well-respected and liked, although when he did not get his way, he was intolerant, self-righteous and uncompromising. Affectionate family man, but as he grew older, his public personality became more and more cramped. There at the beginning lifetime of adding his efficient two cents to the incipient American mix, before evincing a far more crabbed nature when things didn’t turn out the way he wanted them. John Endecott (1588-1665) - English/American colonial governor. Outer: Grandfather held considerable tin-mining interests, while his mother was well-landed as well. His father predeceased his grandfather, although the latter disinherited him for his religious beliefs, after he came under the influence of two influential Puritan divines. His early life afterwards is largely obscured, although he probably saw service against Spain in the low countries. Married Ann Gower, a cousin of a colonial governor. In 1628, he was made one of the 6 grantees of the New England Company for a Plantation in Massachusetts, and was chosen manager and governor of the colonial settlement. Crossed the ocean with about 60 fellow settlers and integrated with an established Plymouth settlement already there. The two groups redubbed their settlement Salem. Shortly after arriving, his first wife died, and he married again, two children from the union, although to his disappointment, neither entered public life. Served as local governor of the Mass. Bay Colony, before being succeeded by John Winthrop (William Bennett), who arrived two years after him. Despite their religious differences, in which the latter was relatively liberal, while he was completely unbending in his beliefs, he was able to work with him, and wound up serving in one official capacity or the other for the colony for the rest of his life, including governor four more times following Winthrop’s death, and deputy governor thrice more. Despite his long service to the colony, he wound up dying in poverty. Inner: Capable and honest, but largely bigoted and intolerant of any religious view not his own. A contemporary called him, “a strange mixture of rashness, pious zeal, general manners and harsh bigotry.” Pilgrim’s progress lifetime of giving base to his strong identification with the New England area, as a crypto-Puritan trying to serially integrate a cramped private character with a political public that much prefers its leaders cheery and optimistic, no matter the realities they produce or have to deal with.

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PATHWAY OF THE POLITICIAN AS LONE STAR LIBERTARIAN:
Storyline: The noninterventionist individualist fiercely champions solitary citizens against the unfeeling collective state, seeing intrusive government as the severest threat possible to the American ideal of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Ron Paul (Ronald Ernest Paul) (1935) - American physician, politician and writer. Outer: Of German descent on his paternal side and German/Irish on his maternal. Grew up on a dairy farm that his German immigrant grandfather had started, and his parents continued, with his mother serving as book keeper. Father was also a Freemason, leading to numerous rumors later on that his son was one, as well. Third of five brothers, who all shared the same bedroom. In high school he was on the wrestling team and was president of the student council, as well as the 220 yard dash state champion. Graduated from Gettysburg College, with a B.S. degree in biology in 1957, at which point he married Carol Wells, whom he had known since high school. Earned his medical degree from Duke Univ. in 1961, then interned in Detroit, while his wife taught dance classes to help support them. Three sons and two daughters from the union, including Rand Paul, an opthamologist who was elected to the Senate from Kentucky in 2010, as the only one of his children who does not live in Texas. Served as an Air Force flight surgeon afterwards, then was a member of the Air National Guard, before settling in Texas as an obstetrician and gynecologist, delivering over 4000 babies. Raised as a Lutheran, but had his children baptized in the Episcopal Church, before becoming a Baptist himself. Opened his own practice, where he lowered fees, and refused to take Medicaid or Medicare, then decided to enter politics in 1971, after Pres. Richard Nixon took America off the gold standard. Lost his first bid for the US Congress as a Republican in 1974, then won a special election to that same seat two years later, only to lose it in the general election. Finally won in 1978, and was reelected twice more, before losing a bid for the U.S. Senate and returning to his medical practice full time for the next decade, while also co-owning a coin dealership. Ran for president in 1988 in order to spread his Libertarian gospel of minimalist governmental spending, then won a congressional seat in 1996, and was continually reelected, ultimately garnering his 12th term in Congress in 2010 with 80% of the vote, thanks to being extremely active in his huge district on a personal level with his constituents. Made both foreign affairs and financial services his specialties, and has continued to be an aggressive critic of White House policy in both, no matter which party was occupying the Oval Office. Made another presidency run in 2008, although received less than his share of media coverage, despite building a large, and extremely enthusiastic fan base if Paulhards, which elicited another run in 2011. His contrarian stances include abolishing the Federal Reserve and income tax, refusing to support Israel and ending all foreign military entanglements, as well as all foreign aid. While he has elicited interest from a wide range of the political spectrum, his candidacy has been deliberately downplayed by the media, since his platforms run counter to those who own those same outlets, and they much prefer presenting him as an out-of-touch crank, when their minions deign to mention him at all. Despite earlier newsletters revealing strongly racist sentiments, and a great desire by the elites that he disappear, he has vowed to remain in the race to the end with delegates under his control in order to affect the convention, while also serving as a stalkinghorse for his son, in the 2016 race, by establishing a solid base for his projected run. Has written several books and numerous articles and newsletters outlining his views in association with his Foundation for Rational Economics and Education, and has had the most consistently conservative voting record of anyone in Congress since New Deal times. Despite earlier newsletters revealing strongly racist sentiments, and a great desire by the elites that he disappear, he has been able to maintain top tier strength in the early caucus and primary season, as a distinct alternative to his fellow war-mongering and corporate-beholden Republicans. Inner: Stubborn, consistent and principled with a great belief in self-reliance, and none whatsoever in the nanny state. Feels war has been the bane of America, causing the government to raise taxes and create a monolithic central state intimately involved in the lives of its citizens. Also believes rights come from God, not human institutions. Pro-life, and anti-welfare per his basic credo the government has no business in people’s private lives. Quixotic lifetime of tilting at the windmills of out-of-control government, as a knight in hospital whites, looking to bring America back to simpler, more straightforward times. Alexander Acheson (1842-1934) - American physician, soldier and politician. Outer: Grew up in Pennsylvania, and was raised a Presbyterian. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he joined a local regiment as a private on the Union side. By 1863, he had become an officer, serving as aide-de-came to Gen. Nelson Miles. Showed himself to be brave in battle, and was shot in the face during one engagement, although recovered. Married Sarah Cooke in 1864, one daughter from the union. After the fighting, he returned home and was given an honorary A.B. degree from his local college, before getting an M.D. degree from the Univ. of Penna. After establishing a practice in Philadelphia in 1872, he moved to Denison, Texas, where he served as Republican mayor for four terms, while convincing railroad magnate Jay Gould (Walter O’Malley) to run tracks through the town, insuring its economic solvency. Ran unsuccessfully for governor of Texas in 1906, and a decade later failed in his bid for a Senate seat, and later a seat in the U.S. House of Reps. Served as city physician of Denison from 1923 to 1929, and also was on a local bank’s board of directors. Held numerous other positions as well, while belonging to a host of organizations. Died at his home. Inner: Inveterate joiner, with his larger political concerns centered around waterways and the economic opportunities they represented. Prelude lifetime of setting up patterns, including moving from Pennsylvania to Texas, and pursuing both medicine and politics, that he would expand upon in his next go-round, as a champion of the individual against intrusive monolithic government.

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PATHWAY OF THE POLITICIAN AS CONSERVATIVE POPULIST:
Storyline: The maverick masochist suffers more than his share of punishment in his ongoing desire for the presidency, and the various routes he has taken in trying to achieve that elusive goal, as an increasingly more compromised voice of rebellious commonality.
John McCain III (1936) - American politician and naval pilot. Outer: Born in the Panama Canal Zone, although he was a U.S. citizen by dint of his parents. Both his father and grandfather were naval admirals of the same name, whose military lineage dated back to 17th century Britain. His grandfather died within hours of returning home after WW II, so that each generation in his family would become obsessed with measuring up to the last one. Long-lived mother was a high-spirited twin whose sire made a fortune in alcohol, oil and gambling, while his own father gave him a rigid code of honor and a dark temper, so much so, that as a child his parents would plunge him into cold water to cool out his tantrums. Middle of 3, with an older sister and younger brother. Went to a boarding school in his teens to give him a sense of stability, although it only brought out his pugnacity and maverick sense of being an outsider, earning him the nickname of McNasty. 5’6”, and extremely light-skinned and thin-skinned. Went to the U.S. Naval Academy, where he was a hellraiser within the confines of that institution, as well as a boxer. Graduated in the bottom 1% of his class, but was given the coveted position of aircraft carrier aviator, through family connections. While training in Florida, he crashed into the water, although survived it without injury. In 1965, he married Carol Shepp, a former model from Philadelphia, three children from union. The duo eventually divorced in 1980, just prior to his political career, when he became adulterously involved with his future second wife, following an accident to his first one, which disabled her. Served in Vietnam as a Naval pilot and was injured in the legs and chest in a rocket accident aboard a carrier in 1967. Later that year he was shot down by an anti-aircraft missile, breaking both arms and a leg. Saved from drowning by a Vietnamese man, then beaten afterwards by a mob, before being ultimately transported to Hanoi, and the infamous Hoa Lo Prison, known as the Hanoi Hilton. Offered the opportunity at repatriation, when it was discovered that his father was a naval commander-in-chief, but refused it, although was given preferential treatment, and also reputedly collaborated with sensitive info, allowing the North Vietnamese to readjust their air defense systems. Signed an anti-American propaganda message, then was beaten several times a week when he refused to sign a second one. Ultimately held as a prisoner of war for 5 1/2 years, until his release in 1973, when he returned to active duty, after painfully going through physical therapy for 9 months. 3 years later, he became the Navy’s liaison to the Senate, a position his father also held, and retired in 1981, with the rank of captain, within a week of his sire’s death. In 1999, he co-wrote a memoir of his experiences, “Faith of My Fathers.” Married a second time to Cindy Hensley in 1981, who was nearly 20 years his junior and heir to a fortune. Moved to Phoenix, Arizona, where he went to work for her father’s Budweiser beer distributorship, the country’s largest, which would ultimately make the duo worth nine figures, and give him the money, the connections and the place from which to launch a successful political career. The couple adopted a daughter from Bangladesh, to add to their own three children. In 1982, he won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican, after his father-in-law backed his run, and 4 years later, he was elected to the Senate, winning reelection 3 more times, while gaining a reputation as a moderately conservative maverick. Tainted by his association with Arizona developer and savings & loan manipulator, Charles Keating, as one of 5 senators who aided him, although was accused only of poor judgment in the sordid affair. During this time, his wife became addicted to pain pills for an injured back, and wound up stealing drugs from a medical relief charity she had set up, before quitting cold turkey in 1992. Developed skin cancer the following year, and had two tumors removed in 2000. Ran for the Republican nomination for president in the same year, but was slimed in the South Carolina primary by Karl Rove, who cast aspersions on his wife’s mental stability, his adopted daughter’s skin color, and his own aftereffects of captivity. Lost the nomination to George W. Bush, thanks to further missteps, including criticizing evangelical icons Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson as agents of intolerance. Swallowed his wounds, while despising the entire Bush team, and angrily lurched to the left, working with the Democrats on their agenda in the Senate, before supporting the President’s Iraq War policy, initially proclaiming it as a projected easy win. Continually called for more troops, when the military’s efforts in that country proved unsatisfactory. Easily won reelection in 2004 with 76% of his state’s votes, after turning down John Kerry’s offer to be his Democratic running mate. Began recourting evangelicals following the 2004 election to position himself as the candidate of the conservative wing of the Republican party for the 2008 presidential nomination. Gave the commencement address at Falwell’s Liberty Univ. in 2006, and went on to put together a team of advisers who had earlier skewered him. Forced into numerous compromised positions, turning from maverick to establishment spokesman, as his support steadily eroded. Fired over half of his staff because of his continued difficulty in raising money and support, and announced a preference for a Christian president, while flirting with a full-immersion baptism to make him a tried-and-true evangelical. Eventually securing the nomination in March of 2008, while hardcore conservatives continued to decry his candidacy. Code-named Phoenix by the Secret Service. Weathered smears from both the left and right, and tied his campaign to the ongoing Iraq War, in an attempt to sell himself as the only true warrior capable of leading the country in a time of great danger. Enjoyed an initial untouched run, until gaffes, lobbyists and evangelists forced him to disavow more and more support. In a surprise move, he bowed to party pressure and picked conservative Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin as his runningmate after meeting her only once. Subsequently sounded the clarion call for change, while distancing himself from Washington, despite using the exact same cast of characters that advised and consented to the Bush presidency. His negativity, and inability to deal with the falling economy, would largely doom his chances, in the succeeding campaign, and he lost the election by a rough two-to-one margin in the electoral college, although graciously accepted his defeat. Dualistic in the Senate afterwards, supporting the president militarily but not economically, while taking the active role of loyal opposition, before reverting to a need for vindictive contrariety, just as he did following his defeat by George W. Bush in 2000. Easily won a 5th term in 2010, against a little-known opponent. Inner: Well-liked by his peers, but angry, moral, superstitious and a gambler at heart, who loves taking chances. Highly ambitious and more and more compromised as he has gotten older, while forever apologizing for gaffes and mistakes all throughout his political life. Unconsciously punishment-oriented as a means of testing his considerable capacity to take it. Timex lifetime of continually taking a licking, only to keep on ticking in his continual desire to resurrect from torturous situations and prevail as a well-loved leader, no matter the cost. James Baird Weaver (1833-1912) - American politician. Outer: 5th of 13 children of a skilled mechanic and millwright who moved his large family to a forest-enclosed farm. Served as a rural mailman, kept store and prospected for gold in California, before studying law in Bloomfield, Iowa, and later at the Cincinnatti Law School, before returning to Bloomfield to open up a law practice in 1856. Two years later, he married Clarissa Vinson, a school teacher, 5 daughters and 2 sons from the union. Originally a Democrat, he joined the newly formed Republican Party and became active in the abolitionist movement. At the start of the Civil War, he volunteered as a private in an infantry regiment, and was commissioned as a lieutenant in 1861. Fought in several key battles, where he showed both bravery and initiative under fire, and by war’s end, he had risen in rank to brevet brigadier general. Became active in Iowa politics, and began his career as a district attorney in 1866, although he wound up alienating the Republican Party regulars over his prohibitionism, and other moral stances, and he was denied nominations to both Congress and the governorship of Iowa in the mid-1870s. In response, he joined the Greenback Party, which championed silver as well as a graduated income tax, and an eight hour work day, among other progressive stances. In 1878, he was elected to the U.S. House of Reps on the Greenback ticket, and served until 1881. In 1880, he became the presidential candidate of the Greenback Party, coming in a distant third behind the eventual winner, Ulysses S. Grant, while garnering most of his support from the agrarian and rural elements of the midwest and west. The following year, he failed in his bid to gain a congressional seat. In 1884, he ran again, and this time proved successful for two terms, although he was defeated in 1888. When the Greenback Party began merging with the Democratic Party, he opposed the consolidation, and in response he co-founded the Populist Party in 1891, taking advantage of the agrarian discontent sweeping mid-America. In 1892, he became its candidate for the presidency, and took the progressive stance of trying to form alliances with the black population in the South, which led to both violence and voter intimidation. Nevertheless, he received over a million votes, and actually won four far Western states, as well as 22 electoral votes, in an environment where populism was becoming a stronger and stronger political force, particularly in the agrarian states our west. In 1896, he threw his support to Democratic populist William Jennings Bryan (Al Sharpton), under the mistaken assumption he would choose a Populist Party co-founder as his running-mate. Instead he picked a conservative opponent of trade unions, and lost the party’s support, as well as the election to William McKinley (Richard Nixon). Following his defeat, the Party went into eclipse and disappeared, although some of its platform later became law. Ended his political career as a mayor of a small town in Iowa at century’s new beginning. Inner: Able, respected and courageous. Strong sense of integrity and purpose. Populist lifetime of trying to exemplify and articulate the needs of commonality as an uncommon hero of the multitudes. Daniel Shays (c1747-1825) - American soldier and rebel. Outer: Little known of his early life. Even his suspected hometown did not record his name. Probably grew up poor. Married Abigail Gilbert in 1772. At the outbreak of the American Revolution, he volunteered and served with distinction at several early key battles, including Bunker Hill, so that he was commissioned a captain by early 1777. In 1780, he resigned from the army and settled in western Mass., where he held several town offices. The prosperity that had followed the war soon gave way to a severe depression and the Mass. legislature refused to recognize the urgency of the situation. Became one of several leaders of an armed rebellion, and his name would be forever associated with it as Shays Rebellion, which came to a head in 1786 with a confrontation with 800 armed farmers and an equal number of militiamen. An agreement was reached where the Mass. state court was adjourned so that the rebels would not be indicted, but fighting broke out the next winter when the rebels marched on the state arsenal, only to be scattered by state troops, with several killed and many wounded. Later defeated by Benjamin Lincoln (Walter Mondale), and fled to Vermont, although he was exempted from a general pardon. Condemned to death in absentia for treason, but he petitioned for a pardon, and was granted it in 1788. Ultimately given a $20 a month pension for his service in the Revolution, and continued to maintain that he had fought in the rebellion for the same principles that impelled the Revolutionary War. Eventually moved to NY state, where he died impoverished. The upshot of the rebellion was a strengthening of the federal government in dealing with such uprisings, as well as reforms in taxation and judicial procedure. No portrait of him exists, so that he remains a shadowy, albeit pivotal figure of early Americana. Inner: Principled, with a highly defined sense of justice. Inspired confidence in others. A warrior at heart, he had great respect for military protocol. Rebellious lifetime of giving populist strength to the burgeoning United States, despite suffering for his principled stance, in his ongoing need to be both maverick and redresser of social ills, no matter the cost to himself.

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PATHWAY OF THE POLITICIAN AS REGRESSIVE PROGRESSIVE:
Storyline: The ambivalent striver always manages to monkey wrench his trajectories, either through monkey business, or internalizing his existential angst, as an emblem of his own dual feelings about personal power and his deep-seated dualistic desires to either flex it or be flummoxed by it.
Gary Hart (Gary Hartpence) (1936) - American politician, professor and author. Outer: Had a small-town midwestern upbringing with a puritanical mother, who left him with ambivalences galore, both about power and women. Father was a farmer and farm equipment salesman. Committed to a religious vocation since childhood, he attended Bethany Nazarene College, and was deeply affected by the works of Soren Kierkegaard (Edward Albee), another master of either/or ambivalence. 6’, slender, with blue eyes. In 1959, he married Lee Ludwig, in what would prove to be a union marred by his constant inconstancies, daughter and son. Intended on becoming a minister and graduated Yale Divinity School, but while there, he began to see other forms of service in the secular sphere that would serve him far better, and in 1960, he got his first taste of presidential politics when he volunteered for JFK’s successful run for the White House. The year after, he shortened his name from Hartpence to Hart as prelude to his own desire for a political career. Graduated Yale Law School in 1964, and became an attorney for the U.S. Dept. of Justice for two years, then continued in Washington as a special solicitor for the US Dept. of the Interior for the two annums following. Moved to Denver, and had a private law practice there over the next 7 years, which was interrupted when he ran George McGovern’s unsuccessful 1972 presidential campaign. Despite the failure, he made the Iowa caucuses a key Democratic element in succeeding presidential elections, giving those with the best grassroots organizations the best chance of winning there, rather than the Party’s presumptive establishment nominees. Despite guiding McGovern to one of the worst shellackings of the 20th century, he won a U.S. Senate seat for himself two years later, for the first of two largely unmemorable terms. In 1984, he made his first presidential run, presenting himself as the candidate of “new ideas.” Code-named Redwood by the Secret Service. Loaded up in the early primaries to become a contender, but his fudging of facts, including his name and birth year, along with his shaky marriage and increasingly ill-managed campaign damaged him beyond repair. His successful opponent, former Vice-President Walter Mondale, countered his claims of innovation with “Where’s the Beef?” in an allusion to a successful hamburger commercial’s plaint of a rival’s lack of substance, and it was good enough to undo him. In 1987, as the frontrunner for the same nomination, he challenged reporters to follow him, after rumors of his infidelity surfaced. Photos subsequently emerged of model Donna Rice sitting on his lap on his boat appropriately named ‘Monkey Business’ in Bimini, which forced him to drop out of the race soon afterwards, although not before denying he ever had a relationship with her. Somehow, his marriage would survive all the untoward publicity, and he and his wife would stay together through the next century. Reentered the race 7 months later, but quickly saw he had spent his supportive coin with the earlier incident. Finished his second Senate term, and then permanently bowed out of elective politics to resume his law practice. In 1998 he was named to a bipartisan commission to study America’s ability to fend off terrorism. The commission’s findings, which suggested a National Homeland Security Agency, were published in 2001, and roundly ignored, until September 11th of that year. The same annum, he earned a Ph.D. in politics from Oxford Univ., and in 2006 became a professor at the Univ. of Colorado. The author of numerous books tying the political past with the present, he is also a blogger at “The Huffington Post,” and an occasional talking torso on TV. Inner: Thoughtful, albeit largely ineffectual. Beefless lifetime of virtually throwing away the presidency through the hubris of feeling he was above the pettiness of politics, only to become a footnote, rather than a major player as he had previously been, through the auspices of a dynamic partnership, which he failed to generate this time around via his thoroughly unresolved ambivalences. Robert LaFollette (1855-1925) - American politician. Outer: Of French and English descent. Born in a log cabin to pioneer farmers. His father, who was assessor and town clerk as well, died when his son was eight months old, and his mother subsequently remarried, although he did not get along with his stepfather. Worked as a youth on the farm, and following the death of his second sire, his mother sold their modest acreage, and moved to the nearby city of Madison, Wisconsin. Short and slender, with high hair and a resonant voice. Originally wanted to be an actor. Taught school to go to the University there, although much preferred socializing to college academics. His strongest skill proved to be oratory, and in his senior year he won an interstate oratorical contest, before graduating in 1879. While in school, he met Belle Case (Naomi Wolf), who also won oratorical honors. The duo married two years later, with the word ‘obey’ deliberately omitted from the ceremony. His lookalike and act-alike wife would become the first woman to graduate from the University law school, before becoming a lawyer and an active suffragette and feminist, and would prove an extremely important influence on her husband, and the basic difference between him and his succeeding incarnation in this series. Four children from the union, with one son becoming governor of Wisconsin, and the second of the same name succeeding his sire as Senator, and both continuing in the progressive traditions forged by their progenitor. Passed the bar in 1880, after only briefly attending law school, and soon afterwards launched his political career as a Republican county district attorney, an office he held for two terms. Went on to serve three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, initially as its youngest member. While there, he championed minority rights and gained a national reputation as a debater . Served on the House Ways and Means Committee under future president William McKinley (Richard Nixon), although his support of an unpopular tariff act, cost him his seat in 1890, in what would be a Democratic landslide. Returned to Madison to finally begin his private law practice, while staying extremely active in Republican politics. In 1891, he announced that the state Republican boss had offered him a bribe to fix a court case. Through this and other instances, he saw that his party had lost its earlier idealistic ways and become a tool of corporate interests. Began building a progressive block within the party to counteract the trend, creating a divide that would become known as the Insurgents and the Stalwarts. An economic panic and depression in 1893, helped their cause immeasurably, and he found an extremely responsive audience to his calls for more direct participatory democracy, including the direct election of nominees in party primaries. Rode the disaffection to the Wisconsin state house as governor in 1901, enjoying the largest plurality ever, and won successful reelection in 1902 and 1904, while becoming more and more of a national figure. His reforms, however, were blocked by the party’s Stalwarts, so he decided to cross partylines, and created a coalition with progressive-leaning Democrats. His progressive “Wisconsin Idea” would come to serve as a model for enlightened government, as he fought for business regulation and conservation. In 1906, he took a seat in the U.S. Senate, sans election, and would hold that office until his death. Came to be known as “Fighting Bob,” as he fought for regulations over big business, although he was continually blunted in that chamber by the champions of saidsame. Found himself periodically prey to an internal nervous disorder, as well. In 1909, he founded LaFollette’s Weekly Magazine, which promoted racial equality, women’s suffrage, peace and other progressive causes dear to his heart. His wife would contribute to it with a regular column, and after his death it would become The Progressive in 1929. In 1912, he made his first bid for the Republican nomination for president, but subsequently had a public mental meltdown early in the year during a speech to magazine editors, and his supporters went over to former Pres. Theodore Roosevelt (Kathleen Kennedy), and his own newly-formed Bull Moose Party. The divide would insure Woodrow Wilson’s (Michael Eric Dyson) win, whom he bitterly went on to support. Both his wife and daughter, an actress, would become even more active in their call for voting rights for women, although his opposition to America’s entering WW I, and promotion of freedom of speech during wartime, would cause him to be accused of treason and worse, and he and his family to be ostracized and roundly condemned. When the 19th Amendment, the women’s voting rights act, was passed in 1919, Wisconsin was the first state to ratify it. Remained a liberal leader in Congress, and in 1924, he ran for the presidency on the Progressive ticket, and an anti-imperialistic, pro-labor and civil liberties platform. Won over 5 million popular votes and came in third to the two major parties, although the run sapped his strength and he died the following summer of heart disease. His wife turned down the opportunity to finish his term, and it fell to his same-named son to do so, which would launch his own political career, as a four term senator from Wisconsin. Inner: Highly idealistic, and a genuine and articulate voice of equality on all levels of society, with a gift for pure oratory. Able to weather all sorts of attacks on his person because of his stands, although not without resentment and bitterness, which he would internalize. Co-cohort lifetime of setting a pattern for self-destruction around the elusive office of the presidency, despite a memorable run as a progressive equalizer of America’s various social and economic imbalances, thanks in no small part to a dynamic partner who completely shared both his drive and ideals. Rufus King (1755-1827) - American politician and diplomat. Outer: Eldest son of a successful merchant. His brother William went on to become the first governor of Maine, while his half-brother Cyrus became a U.S. Congressman. 5'10". Graduated Harvard in 1777, during a time when some of its buildings were occupied for military purposes. While studying law afterwards, he served in the Revolutionary War as an aide and received an honorable discharge. Later admitted to the bar, where he established a good reputation for himself as an eloquent speaker, and in 1783, he was sent to the general court of Massachusetts. In 1786, he married Mary Alsop, the well-cultivated and remarkably beautiful daughter of a congressman. Five sons from the union, two of whom went on to serve in the Congress, while the other three were, respectively, president of Columbia College, the founder of Cincinnati Law School, and a respected physician. Held numerous posts, and in 1787, he was made a delegate to the Continental Congress. Played a significant role, helping to craft the final draft of the U.S. Constitution, while working closely with fellow Federalist Alexander Hamilton (JFK). Supported a strong central government, and was also vehemently opposed to slavery. Returned to Massachusetts afterwards, and was an instrumental figure in aiding the somewhat reluctant state to ultimately adopt the document. Gave up his law practice and moved to NY in 1788, and the following year he was elected to the state assembly, where he helped put the new government into active operation, before becoming one of the state’s first U.S. Senators, as a Federalist. Used his position to help create the first Bank of the United States. In 1796, he was appointed during his second Senate term as Minister to England, a post he held for six years through the full and partial terms of the first three presidents. A skilled diplomat, he served the national interest well, and maintained excellent ties with the mother country, before being relieved at his own request in 1803, after which, relations deteriorated between Great Britain and the U.S. Bought a farm in Jamaica, NY, and busied himself with an extensive correspondence and reading, while unsuccessfully running for the vice presidency in 1804 and 1808. Opposed the War of 1812, but supported it once it was launched, before entering public life again via the U.S. Senate. In 1816, he was nominated without his knowing it, for governor of NYC, although he lost the election. The same year, he failed in his bid for the presidency as a Federalist, losing to James Madison (Michael Eric Dyson), and wound up as the final presidential candidate from his party. Elected to the Senate in 1819, where he opposed the admission of Missouri as a slave state, as well as the ultimate Missouri Compromise offered by Henry Clay (Hubert Humphrey). Weathered the death of his wife at the same time, and declined reelection. Reluctantly ended his career as Minister to Great Britain, although failing health curtailed that appointment, and sent him sailing home after a few months, to die at his farm. Inner: Eloquent and a gifted orator, with a strong humanitarian impulse, and great loyalty to his Federalist party. Gentlemanly, but also haughty and austere in manner. There at the beginning lifetime of playing a strong role in the formation of the United States, despite ultimately being rejected as its head, a quest that he would continue to pursue with the same unsatisfactory results and in more and more self-destructive manner over the next near two centuries.

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PATHWAY OF THE POLITICIAN AS PUBLIC PERFORMER:
Storyline: The star-crossed statesman parlays his theatrical skills and his telegenic presence into a viable run for a position he has long coveted - name above title of the presidency.
Fred Thompson (Frederick Dalton Thompson) (1942) - American actor and politician. Outer: Both parents were exceptionally tall, and neither had gone past the 8th grade in school. Father was a used-car salesman, who became a state park inspector. 6’5 1/2,” 220 lbs, and athletic, he played both football and basketball in high school, where he was class clown. In 1959, at the age of 17, he had to get married, after impregnating Sarah Lindley, the daughter of a prominent family. Grudgingly accepted into the family, after which his in-laws oversaw his career. Was soon serially the father of 3, with his wife, who had been a year ahead of him in school, working to help pay for his education. Raised in the Church of Christ, a minority sect, although an infrequent church-goer. Became the first member of his family to go to college, when he went to Florence State, before transferring to Memphis State Univ., graduating with a degree in philosophy and political science. Got a law degree from Vanderbilt Univ. Law School in 1967, and went into practice with his wife’s uncle. Co-founded his county’s first Young Republican’s Club, and came to the attention of the state’s GOP elite, which gained him the position of asst. U.S. attorney in Nashville from 1969 to 1972, where his theatrical courtroom style was extremely effective. Helped unseat longtime senator Al Gore, Sr. then worked as Republican campaign manager for Senator Howard Baker’s successful re-election bid in 1972, which led to his first high profile role as co-chief minority consul for the Senate Watergate Committee. Credited with framing, although not asking, the question, “What did the President know, and when did he know it?" that ultimately led to Richard Nixon’s downfall. Beforehand, however, he informed the White House of what he was going to ask, which led to the famous self-protective 18 minute tape-gap. Nixon had earlier characterized him as dumb, but friendly, while he exploited his position into a second career as a high-priced Washington lobbyist. Later wrote “At That Point in Time,” about his Watergate experience. As a lobbyist he also represented an abortion’s right group, and over most of the next 20 years, worked as a defense attorney in personal injury suits and white collar crimes, but also served as a special counsel for several Senate committees, making sure to keep his name in front of the public. His clientele has also included corporations, both domestic and foreign, and he has served on various corporate boards, as well, in a high his high profile legal career. In 1985, he divorced his wife after over a quarter of a century of marriage, and at the same time, he inaugurated his acting career by playing himself in Marie, based on a Tennessee Parole Board scandal where he was defense attorney for the main plaintiff. That role led to a career on both the large and small screen, occasionally playing villains, but more often straight-talking southern governmental figures and attorneys, thanks to a solid physical presence, and the ability to project a persona redolent with authority. In 1994, he was elected to finish the last two years of Vice President Al Gore’s senate term, after a caretaker had done the previous two. Took advantage of the Republican resurgence at the time, and won a landslide upset victory over a longtime Nashville congressman, as a good ole boy in jeans and a pick-up truck, after first feeling unhappy and straight-jacketed as a conventional candidate. Ran for a full term in 1996, and handily won, although had an unremarkable senatorial run, noted mostly for his conservative voting record, while garnering a reputation for laziness. In 2000, he became John McCain’s national campaign co-chairman, in the Republican primaries, while his name was put forth as a potential vice-presidential candidate. Although he gave indication he would run again after 9/11/2001, the death of a daughter from a prescription drug overdose in early 2002, soured him on remaining in the Senate, and at the nearend of his term, he joined the cast of NBC’s long-running series, “Law and Order,” playing attorney Arthur Branch, a role he would also assay upon occasion on several of “L & O’s” spinoff shows. After being linked to several high profile girl friends, including Georgette Mosbacher, he married Republican consultant Jeri Kehn in 2002, 2 children from the union. His second wife would be younger than his oldest child, and would serve as an extremely important political adviser to him. Became a radio analyst in 2006, using that podium to spell out his platform as a prelude to a run for the presidency. During the subsequent campaign, he began to appear as a more and more attractive choice to the faithful, despite lapses in his previous statements and voting records, as well as being a non-churchgoer. Announced his candidacy on the Jay Leno show in September of 2007, and then proceeded to pile on the gaffes, while struggling to find an effective campaign voice, as well as evincing a remarkable ignorance around the issues. His lackadaisical approach would be in direct contrast to his wife’s overt eagerness and micro-managing, causing confusion in his staff and much questioning over whether he truly wanted the position or not, by both co-workers electorate alike. Eventually dropped out of the race after a poor showing in the South Carolina primaries. Set an all-time record for throat-clearing at the Republican National Convention in 2008, while giving a gung-ho John McCain endorsement, in what would be his national political last (har-rumph) hurrah. Announced his retirement from politics afterwards, and a return to his acting career. Inner: Suffers from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a form of cancer that is not life-threatening. Despite a reputation for indolence and lack of discipline, projects an excellent telegenic avuncular image, allowing him to feed into the fantasies of that part of the electorate hungering for another Ronald Reagan. Natural storyteller, and folksy, but also brusque, and often caught scowling. Second act lifetime of exploring his theatrical skills far more directly, for a far more serious run at an office he has long dreamed of achieving. William Borah (1865-1940) - American politician. Outer: Of Irish and Bohemian descent. One of 10 children of a hard-working farmer, who was a devout Presbyterian. His first ambition was to be an actor. Ran away from home as a youth and joined a rundown Shakespearean company, although they weren’t able to feed him properly and he returned to the farm. Had a lifelong love of the Bard afterwards. The possessor of unusually small feet, which he expensively shod later on, in his singular display of personal ostentation. Went to the Univ. of Kansas, but contracted TB and was forced to leave after his first year. Recoved and worked his way through law school afterwards, passing the bar in 1887. Proved to be a great jury pleader, thanks to his Shakespearean background, and sense of audience. A chance meeting on a train took him to Boise, Idaho, where he settled in 1890. After working as secretary to the state’s governor, he married his daughter, Mary McConnell, in 1895, no children from the union. Amassed a good deal of money by being the attorney for the state’s largest lumber and mining companies, although lived so simply, many people always thought he was relatively poor. Lost his first bid for the Senate as a Republican in 1903, when he refused to compromise himself with the state’s caucus, but came roaring back 3 years later to win the legislature’s nod, and remained in that position the rest of his life, serving 7 presidents, to become Idaho’s longest-serving senator ever. Even though he had disagreements with most of them, all respected him, and he became known as “the Lion of Idaho.” After gaining his senate seat, he came to national prominence in the trial of Wobbly ‘Big Bill’ Haywood, who, along with 2 others, was charged with killing the former Idaho governor. Served as prosecuting attorney against Clarence Darrow (Morris Dees), winning the respect of the latter, while failing to convict Haywood. Because of his principled stances, which often sat at odds with his fellow GOPers, he was called, “the Great Opposer.” Following WW I, he uncompromisingly opposed Woodrow Wilson’s League of Nations, as well as the Versailles treaty which ended the conflict. Toured the country against both, and then gave an impassioned speech in the Senate, which was largely credited with the Senate’s rejection of each. Had a longtime affair with Alice Roosevelt Longworth, and was rumoured to be the biological father of a daughter that she largely ignored. From 1925 to 1933, he was Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he was pro-Soviet Union, wishing for recognition for the Stalinist state, which held him in high regard for doing so, particularly in the anti-communist attitude and Red Scare of the 1920s. Helped uncover the scandals of the Harding administration, and refused to endorse Herbert Hoover’s re-election bid in 1932, during the Great Depression. Subsequently supported some of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal legislation, although in 1936, he made a bid for the presidency in order to revive the progressive wing of his party. Failed to gain much traction from his party, and as in the previous presidential election, refused to support either candidate. Throughout his career, he showed himself to be independent and a champion of the underdog, while his larger reputation rests on his strong isolationist views, with his overweening nationalistic desire to separate America from European interests. Opposed the draft, as well as the Lend Lease act to aid Britain in its fight against the Nazis, and exited prior to America’s entry into WW II, which he undoubtedly also would have resisted, at least initially. Always popular in his homestate, as well as with the press. Died of a cerebral hemorrhage. Inner: Headstrong and crusty, but well-liked because of his honesty and his genuine caring for his constituents. Excellent speaker, with a certain sense of role-playing in his public pronouncements. Lived simply, ate little, never entertained or socialized, but had an abiding love of the theater, which he faithfully attended. All-the-world’s a stage lifetime of using the Senate’s chambers as his proscenium, and giving a longtime performance memorable enough to make him one of that august’s body’s more noteworthy characters.

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PATHWAY OF THE SAILOR LOOKING FOR GREATER VISTAS TO CONQUER:
Storyline: The admirable admiral looks to expand his horizons over the volatile waters of politics, where his penchant for heroism is swallowed up by far more unstable seas, revealing his vulnerabilities when not in a pure martial arena.
John Kerry (1943) - American president. Outer: Grandfather was an Austrian Jew who changed his name from Kohn, and later committed suicide in Boston. Father, who was 6 at the time, never got over his bitterness over the loss, and became a lawyer and remote, austere character who worked for the foreign service, but never achieved his ambition of becoming an ambassador. Mother descended from New England bluebloods, including the Winthrops. Middle of three children. Lonely childhood, moving from place to place, and boarding school to boarding school, both in America and abroad with a sense of rootlessness. Father was also an avid sailor, who taught him to sail blindfolded to get an innate feel of the sea, while evening dinners often centered around policy discussions. Unpopular at prep school, with a reputation for selfishness, and an image of being ‘born old.’ Idolized JFK, once went sailing with him, good athlete, won varsity letters in soccer and lacrosse. 6’4”, 185 lbs. President of the Political Union at Yale, and tapped for Skull & Bones, the elite secret society that also enlisted the Bushes. Enlisted in the Navy 4 months before graduating, and proved his mettle in battle, showing himself to be aggressive and cool under fire, a good leader who was considerate of his men. Wounded 3 times, and won both a Bronze and Silver Star for his heroics, despite being critical of Naval policy. After his discharge in 1970, he married Julia Thorne, the daughter of a diplomat and child fellow child of privilege, and became an outspoken critic of the war as a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, garnering much national publicity before dropping out of the group, because he felt it was taking too radical a direction. His accusations of criminality against some of his fellow vets did not sit well with some, and would later come back to haunt him. Tossed his medals in a demonstration, although later admitted they were someone else’s; kept his own. Parlayed his subsequent celebrity into a political career, although he lost his first election in 1972 when he ran for Congress and was labeled a carpetbagger, as well as being targeted by the Nixon White House for his JFK pretensions. Went semi-catatonic after the defeat, coupled with his wife’s own bouts of depression with him, then studied law, and became an asst. district attorney for Middlesex County in the late 1970s, before going into private practice in 1979. Taught and did occasional TV news commentaries, and in 1982, became lt. governor of Mass., with Michael Dukakis. Won a seat in the Senate in 1984, against a popular Congressman, rallying veterans behind him. Divorced and had his marriage annulled in 1988, after a long painful separation, 2 daughters from union. Wife went on to a career of her own, writing self-help books, and founding the Depression Institute, thanks to her own struggles with hyper-seriousness. In 1995, he married the outspoken widow of Sen. John Heinz, Teresa, gaining his share of the Heinz fortune in the process, making him a demi-billionaire. Won his seat twice more, showing himself to be a liberal and sensitive to veteran’s affairs, although never made any lasting mark in the Senate. Declared his candidacy for the presidency, although did not initially do well until the primary season, when he steadily amassed the delegate count to become the Democratic Party candidate in 2004. Code-named Minuteman by the Secret Service. In the subsequent election, was undone by a blitz campaign orchestrated by other veterans who had not forgotten his martial apostasies and planted grave doubts in the voting public about his qualities as a leader. Ultimately lost to incumbent Pres. Bush, allowing him to denigrate his Vietnam service and with his downfall, came a long hard look by the Democratic Party at itself. Passively accepted his defeat, despite much chicanery in the key state of Ohio, where Democratic votes were blocked or discounted, indicating he probably won. Maintained his anti-administration stance, and in the week before the midterms, botched a joke about the president, and once again turned into a lightning rod for Republican contumely. In early 2007, he announced he would not seek the 2008 nomination, and instead concentrate on ending the debacle of the Iraq War. Subsequently did nothing when a student was tasered by police in front of him, denying he even witnessed the event, in a further capitulation to his ongoing inability to directly involve himself with events around himself. Endorsed Barack Obama in the 2008 primaries, while ignoring his former running mate, Edwards. After the election, he was made chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, succeeding Joe Biden. Inner: Aloof, driven, stiff and pompous, with a curious inability to defend himself, despite a basic warrior’s sensibility. Brahmin lifetime of actualizing his desire to expand his innate sense of heroism and leadership on the far more rocky seas of politics and illusions and disillusions, only to stumble in his pursuit of the ultimate prize. George Dewey (1837-1917) - American admiral. Outer: Father was a doctor, who imbued his three sons with a strong religious moral sense. Youngest of the trio, with one younger sister. Mother died when he was 5. Had an athletic upbringing and studied at Norwich Univ. before graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1858. Served in the Mediterranean, and then was made executive officer of the Mississippi. In 1867, married Susan Goodwin, the daughter of the ex-governor of New Hampshire. His wife died 5 years later after the birth of their son.Studied at Norwich Univ. and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1858. Served in the Mediterranean, and then was made executive officer of the Mississippi. The same year, he married Mildred McLean Hazen, a general’s widow and daughter of the owner of the Washington Post, although her Catholicism did not sit well with some. Saw naval action in the Civil War, before become duty officer aboard a series of ships. Given command of the Narragansett in 1871, and surveyed the Gulf of California. Promoted to captain in 1884, and rose in various bureaucratic posts, ultimately becoming a commodore in 1896, with a familiarity with the navy’s battleships, thanks to his position as President of the Board of Inspection and Survey. The following year he was given command of the Asiatic Squadron, after requesting sea duty. When the Spanish-American War broke out, he was thoroughly prepared for his assignment and sailed from Hong Kong in 1898 and destroyed the entire Spanish fleet in Manila Bay, without losing as much as a man, much less a ship while suffering only 7 of his own wounded. Opened the battle with the immortal words, “You may fire when you are ready, Gridley.” Unable, however, to capture Manila because of a lack of troop support. Sat in the harbor and guarded Manila, while dealing diplomatically with naval observers of other nations, before later assisting land troops in the subsequent occupation of Manila. He became an instant hero, and was made a rear admiral, and then admiral of the Navy in 1899, a position created specifically for him. The same year, married a second time. On his return home as a hero, he thought about running for the presidency, pronouncing publicly, “the office...is not such a very difficult one to fill,” although neither party took him up on that challenge. For the rest of his career he served, instead, through special provision because of his age, as president of the general board of the Navy Department, where he championed inter-service strategic planning. In 1913, he published his "Autobiography." Had arteriosclerosis at life’s end, which he kept secret because of a great need to project the illusion of physical vigor. Inner: Inner: Intelligent, conscientious, bold, aggressive and careful with a quick temper. Contained lifetime of being allowed to strut his stuff very late in his career, before acting dismissively towards the very office he would spend a lifetime subtly seeking the next time around. John Barry (1745?-1803) - Irish/American admiral. Outer: Father was a clerk in a malt house. Raised in Ireland as a Catholic, and went to sea at 11, before ultimately settling in the New World in Philadelphia at 15. Became a successful businessman and a merchant captain in the West Indian trade, with a commitment to the patriotic cause. Commissioned a captain in the Continental Navy in 1776, he saw considerable action during the Revolutionary War, including being forced to scuttle a ship in 1777 to keep it from enemy hands. Married twice, the second time to Sarah Austin in 1777. Both unions were childless, and in each instance his wives converted to his Catholic faith. Fought on land as well as sea, proving himself an adept warrior. Suffered defeats as well as victories, as well as a severe shoulder wound in 1781, and captured many prizes in the Atlantic and Caribbean in the early 1780s, including fighting the last naval action of the war in 1783. Retired from the Navy afterwards and returned to the merchant service, before being appointed senior captain in the U.S. Navy and given command of the U.S.S. United States in 1794. Ended the decade as commander of the West Indies squadron, and took U.S. peace commissioners to Europe to negotiate peace with France, having earlier traveled several times to that country. Ill-health curtailed the rest of his career, and he returned to Philadelphia, where he died 2 years later, as senior officer of the navy. Inner: Resourceful and tenacious, as well as a good teacher of future leaders. Before the mast lifetime of showing his mettle in battle, and curtailing his interests to the sea, as a place of business and combat, without any larger ambitions of leadership.

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PATHWAY OF THE ENTREPRENEUR AS SUPREME SELF SALESMAN:
Storyline: The egocentric CEO allows his supreme vanity to swallow his larger ambitions whole, as he expands on his previous go-round, without deflating his exaggerated sense of self-importance, leaving him vulnerable to his easily exposed flaws.
Herman Cain (1945) - American businessman, lobbyist, columnist, political candidate and radio host. Outer: Of African/American descent. Mother was a cleaning woman, father was a barber and janitor, as well as a chauffeur for Coca-Cola president Robert Woodruff, working three jobs so as to realize his dream of owning his own home. Along with a younger brother, he was raised in a Baptist household, where religiosity was emphasized. Went to a segregated school, which motivated him to work harder, rather than seek redress against the imbalances he grew up with, as he bent to the system, instead of trying to change it. Took up the trombone since it was needed in his high school band, and became its student-director the following year. The possessor of a pleasant singing voice, as well, which he has subsequently recorded. Graduated from Morehouse College in 1967 with a degree in mathematics. The following year, he married Gloria Etchison in 1968, in what would be a troubled union, since he was often traveling, and the two occasionally lived apart. His wife, his daughter and his son never publicly discussed his disconnected arrangement with them. Received an advanced degree in computer science from Purdue Univ, then worked as a mathematician in ballistics as a civilian employee of the U.S. Navy. Has also received a host of honorary degrees, while serving as an associate minister at Antioch Baptist Church North in Atlanta, a politically liberal but theologically conservative institution. Worked in computer systems for Coca-Cola, but didn’t want to known as the chauffeur’s son, and so moved to Minneapolis in 1977, and became director of business analysis for Pillsbury in 1977. In his mid-30s, he managed 400 Burger King stores for them in the Philadelphia area, winning plaudits for his efforts, which led to being appointed president and CEO of another Pillsbury subsidiary, Godfather’s Pizza, which he brought back to respectability by closing down restaurants and firing several thousand workers. Came to national attention when he challenged the Clinton health care plan in 1993 in a public debate with the president. Became a midwestern banker, before resigning his various other positions in 1996 and moving to Washington, D.C. to try for public office. From 1996 to 1999, he served as president and CEO of the National Restaurant Assoc., a lobbying organization, which gave him access to numerous Republican lawmakers, through his opposing various worker’s rights in favor of greater profits for owners. Moved back to Atlanta in 2000, and made an abortive run for the presidency the same year, and then a stab at senator from Georgia in 2004, failing to win any primaries in either race. Hosted his own talk radio show in Atlanta, while also penning a syndicated op-ed column, and becoming involved in Americans for Prosperity, a front group for special interests masquerading as an organization for economic opportunity for one and all. In 2006, he was diagnosed with colon cancer, although it went into remission via surgery and chemo. In mid-2011, he announced his candidacy for the presidency in a longshot bid, and began winning poll number approval among conservatives, for his genuine likability during the debate process, where he projected a down-to-Earth persona, and a can-do spirit, despite suggesting an electrified fence across the border to Mexico, to fry alive any illegal immigrants trying to cross it. Similar insensitive postures helped him steadily rise to the upper tier of Republican candidates in straw polls, before beginning to slide backwards. His simplistic 9-9-9 tax plan based on 9% levies in a trinity of arenas did not excite his base, although his complete lack of knowledge in the foreign policy realm did, in their embrace of honest ignorance as a welcome antidote to know-it-alls on the opposite side of the aisle. After being sidetracked with accusations of sexual harassment by a number of women, which he vehemently denied, his candidacy came to a thudding halt at year’s near end, after a former inamorata, Ginger White, came forward and admitted to a 13 year affair between them, citing his arrogance as the reason for her confession. Forced to terminate his Hermantor campaign, although he vowed he would continue to actively search for solutions to America’s problems, while pushing his 9-9-9 plan, as well as his autohagiography, “This Is Herman Cain! My Journey to the White House.” Inner: Eminently likable, with a good conventional business instinct, but an unintegrated unzipped female side that would eventually undo his quixotic try for CEO of America. The possessor of an enormous ego, and a messianic sense about his ability to save America from itself. Exclamation point lifetime of taking his game to the next level, as a minority eager to become a national figure and prove his self-worth in a host of different venues, per a self-view not quite in keeping with his larger and lesser abilities. Asa Griggs Candler (1851-1929) - American businessman, philanthropist and politician. Outer: One of 11 children of a prosperous Methodist merchant planter, who instilled within him a strong work ethic and an equally charitable sense of Christian obligation to those less fortunate than he. A younger sibling became a Methodist bishop. Began his career as a prescriptionist and in 1878, married Lucy Elizabeth Howard. Four sons and a daughter from the union. Began manufacturing patent medicines, and in 1888, bought the formula for Coca-Cola from John Stith Pemberton for $2300, immediately seeing its potential as a popular soft drink. Employing innovative advertising and marketing, which made its bottling highly recognizable, he created a product phenomenon, that would eventually be worldwide in its distribution. Although its formula would remain secret, it did not contain cocaine, despite its pick-me-up and somewhat addictive qualities, since the leaf at its heart was sufficiently diluted to be completely negligible. Strongly anti-alcohol, he objected mightily to some of the slang used to describe his product, which had drug overtones during its early years. Waged an extended and ultimately successful legal battle with the Food and Drug Administration who thought it contained cocaine, and then accused him of misbranding and false advertising. Invested in real estate and banking, creating Atlanta’s Central Bank and Trust, while erecting the Candler Building to house Coca-Cola, which was the tallest building in Atlanta at the time of its construction in 1906. Used his multimillion dollar fortune to help establish Emory Univ. as a Methodist institution, giving some $8 million to it, all told, while also donating generously to the Methodist Church. In 1916, he was elected as a reform mayor of Atlanta, and handed over his business responsibilities to his family, to focus on this secondary career, which lasted one two year term. Able to deal with the city’s convoluted finances, through his own considerable wealth, which helped establish Camp Gordon there, a military training facility during WW I. Lost his wife in 1919 and was engaged to a Louisiana socialite, who wound up unsuccessfully suing him for breach of contract, when he broke off the engagement. In 1922, his children sold control of the Coca-Cola company to a syndicate for $25 million, while he also divested himself of his banking holdings. In 1923, he married Mae Little Ragin, a widowed stenographer with twin daughters, in what would prove to be an unhappy union, that was probably based on her desire for his fortune. Tried to file for divorce, than later dropped the suit. Suffered a debilitating stroke in 1926, while giving away most of his fortune to Emory, keeping just enough to live on. Died of the aftereffects in 1929. Inner: Straitlaced, with an excellent instinct for business, and an equal sense of Christian charity and largesse. Later relationships would foreshadow a difficulty with his feminine side in his next go-round. Marketing guru lifetime of creating a brand for the ages out of a product culled from the dark side of nature, in his entrepreneurial desire to bring light to the world through his paternalistic beneficence.

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PATHWAY OF THE POLITICIAN AS FINANCIAL MR. FIX-IT:
Storyline: The chameleonic capitalist shares a crypto-past with the Obamas, while serving as a highly competent mender of mega-economies, despite a vagueness of character bordering on the unknowable.
Mitt Romney (Willard Mitt Romney) (1947) - American politician and businessman. Outer: Father was George Romney, chairman of American Motor Company, cabinet member and Michigan governor, who ran for president in 1968, before being undone by stating he had been brainwashed by the military over supporting America’s presence in Vietnam. Youngest of 4, with two sisters and one brother. Middle-named after a cousin who played for the Chicago Bears in the 1920s, choosing to be called by it in kindergarten. Had a privileged upbringing as the handsome scion of a an equally telegenic father. Raised in a devout Mormon household, he went to an elite all-boy’s private school where he was the only Mormon, before attending Stanford Univ. for a year. While doing his obligatory two years plus of Mormon missionary work in France, and later at Brigham Young Univ., where he was valedictorian of the class of 1971, he found both his faith and ambition redoubled, in reaction to student excess both in the U.S. and France. Over 6’, and strong-jawed, with remarkably white teeth. While an undergraduate, in 1969 he married Ann Davies, whom he knew from high school, 5 sons from the extremely close union. His wife would come down with multiple sclerosis, but would use a variety of alternative methods to do battle with it. Relocated to Boston, and received an MBA from Harvard Business School, graduating in the top 5% of his class, before obtaining a law degree from Harvard Law School. Went to work for a management-consulting firm afterwards, and in 1978 he moved over to Bain & Co. Tapped by its president in 1984, to form Bain Capital, a venture capital offshoot that made him a multimillionaire, thanks to his facility for information-gathering. In 1990, he was asked back to the parent company, which was floundering, and he steered it back to health by buying up companies and laying off workers. Decided to enter politics in 1994 via a Republican senatorial run against Ted Kennedy in Massachusetts, and campaigned as a liberal financial fixer for the troubled, albeit highly liberal state. Although he initially gave the long-standing senator a run for his money, mudslinging by his opponent eventually overwhelmed him and he lost. Returned to Bain Capital afterwards, then came to national prominence in 1999, when he took over the scandal-ridden 2002 winter Olympics in South Lake City, and turned it into a personal triumph, replete with a draconian security apparatus, and a no-nonsense financial structure. Employed his newfound public persona for a successful run for governor of Massachusetts in 2002 as a moderate. Turned the state’s deficit into a surplus within two years, thanks to a focus on corporations rather than individual wealth. During his stewardship, gay marriage was legalized in Massachusetts, against which he took a strong stand. A conservative businessman at heart, most of his other positions were initially geared towards his liberal constituency, causing him to do a number of about-faces when he decided to become a national candidate for the presidency in 2008, after carefully studying his father’s mistakes so as not to repeat them, despite hero-worshiping his progenitor. Thanks to his liberal use of his money, he became one of the early favorites, while ironically, he would one of the few Republicans in the primaries with only one marriage. Seen as the Stepford Candidate by some for his clean-cut image and bland pronouncements. Had difficulty in winning over conservative evangelicals because of longheld evangelical prejudices over Mormonism, as well as his waffling on abortion, before coming out as pro-life. Claimed to be a lifelong hunter, then revealed he had hunted varmints once, while belatedly joining the NRA. Able to win support through a deliberate vagueness around specifics of his positions, then went on to spend more and more of his own money each quarter of the campaign season. At year’s end he gave a speech about his faith, being careful to employ the word ‘Mormon’ only once, while promising he would not be beholden to his church, despite propounding faith and belief in God as inseparable from being an American. Subsequently became the first Mass. politico not to win New Hampshire in the primaries, and went on to lose the nomination to John McCain. Endorsed him afterwards, despite considerable rancor twixt the two, while he retreated to lick his wounds. Declared once again for the presidency in 2011, as a frontrunner in a charisma-challenged field, while trying to appeal to a far more divided party whose more outrageous elements continually upstaged his efforts at capturing the public imagination. A series of his opponents rose to the forefront as alternatives to him, although all of them serially fell, as he remained the frontrunner, with the most financial backing and establishment endorsements, despite a general lack of enthusiasm surrounding his candidacy. After early strong showings, he was soundly defeated by Newt Gingrich in South Carolina, a traditional bellwhether of who wins the nomination ever since 1980, suddenly turning the campaign into a two man race. Spent $15 million to buy the subsequent Florida primary, burying Newt Gngrich in negativity, while successfully ducking the muck tossed his way. Revealed he only paid a 14% tax rate, and also gives the same percentage in tithes to his church, while stashing money in Switzerland and the Cayman Islands, as a pseudo-populist plutocrat on his way to buying the Republican nomination. Inner: Astute businessman, genuinely religious, and extremely strong family man, with an All-American aura of success about himself. Turnaround artist, good sense of humor, as well as a hypercompetitive perfectionist. Great ability to work a crowd, without committing himself to any position beyond generic and chameleonic conservative stances. Highly disciplined, often getting into trouble when he strays from his scripts. Inner: Astute businessman, genuinely religious, and extremely strong family man, with an All-American aura of success about himself. Turnaround artist, good sense of humor, as well as a hypercompetitive perfectionist. Great ability to work a crowd, without committing himself to any position beyond generic and chameleonic conservative stances. Leapfrog lifetime of taking his sense of religiosity, leadership and financial acumen as far and high as he can. William Gibbs McAdoo (1863-1941) - American politician and cabinet official. Outer: Of Scots-Irish descent, in a soldierly family on his father’s side. Of Welsh descent on his maternal side. Mother, Mary Faith Floyd, was a writer, father of the same name was a lawyer. Fourth of seven children, in a family of second marriages for both parents. Born into poverty during the Civil War, he went to rural schools, until his sire became a professor at the Univ. of Tenn. Graduated from the same institution, before being made a deputy clerk of the U.S. District Court in 1882. In 1885, he wed Sarah Hazelhurst Fleming, the same year he was admitted to the Tennessee bar. Seven children from the union, including four daughters and three sons. Took over the Knoxville Street Railroad System and electrified it, but the company went bankrupt in the process. Moved to NYC afterwards, and with a partner, sold investment securities. Three years later, in 1895, he returned to Knoxville to regain control over several of the company’s routes, only to run afoul of an Ohio businessman, who also coveted it, ultimately leading to suits, countersuits, a riot and arrests, before he gave up on the venture entirely. Returned to NY and became president of the railroad company that successfully completed a tunnel under the Hudson River between Manhattan and N.J., while doing battle against entrenched railroad and political interests. Lost his wife in 1912 when she took an overdose of pain medication for rheumatoid arthritis in what may have been a suicide, and at the same time became vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee, while working for the successful presidential campaign of Woodrow Wilson (Michael Eric Dyson). Became his Secretary of the Treasury, and, in 1914, wed his younger daughter, Eleanor (Sasha Obama), who was half his age, in a union that would produce two daughters and end in divorce twenty years later. Although he offered to resign, Wilson wanted him to help turn the recently established Federal Reserve System into the country’s central bank, which he did. Had to deal with the possibility of European countries liquidating U.S. securities and then converting U.S. currency into gold, which would have depressed the American economy and made the country prey to vulture wartime capitalism. Boldly kept the dollar on the gold standard, and closed the NY Stock Exchange for four months in 1914, successfully averting the potential economic crisis, and laying the groundwork for the U.S. to become the world’s number one creditor nation by the end of the war. Issued oversubscribed “Liberty Bonds,” to finance the subsequent U.S. participation in the war, raising some $17 billion by martial contest’s end, while also establishing the Inter-Allied Purchasing Commission which was responsible for procuring wartime supplies. In 1917, he was appointed Director General of Railroads, after the U.S. Railroad Administration was formed in order to coordinate the country’s railroad system around ferrying wartime supplies to and from the American expeditionary Force. Exhausted by all he was asked to do, he resigned his posts at the end of WW I, and formed a high profile law firm, while making the first of two presidential attempts in 1920, under the catchy slogan, “McAdoo’ll do.” As a “dry” supporter of Prohibition, he failed to gain the Democratic nomination, and in 1922, moved out to California, before trying again in 1924, only to fail to do so once more, despite leading on 100 of the 103 ballots, while picking up the endorsement of the Ku Klux Klan, which he did not disavow. Saved the presidential nomination for FDR in 1932, with his convention speech. Elected to the Senate the following year for one term, before being defeated in 1938, while strongly supporting the New Deal. After divorcing his second wife, he married Doris Isabel Cross, a 26 year old nurse in 1935, who was 45 years his junior at the time. Became chairman of the board of a steamship line, before suffering a fatal heart attack while traveling in Washington, D.C. while on a business trip. Buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Inner: Pragmatic, progressive, highly competitive, and willing to take chances. Equally admired, respected and reviled for his bold moves, while some saw him as completely unprincipled and facile with no real core beliefs. Very strong work ethic, identifying with Horatio Alger (Truman Capote) heroes. Horatio Alger lifetime of once again bringing his financial acumen to bear, while finding his ultimate desire, the presidency, just out of reach, necessitating another run, albeit as a much shiftier character in a far more polarized nation. Alexander Dallas (Alexander James Dallas) (1759-1817) - American cabinet official. Outer: Father was a physician of Scots descent. At the age of five, his family moved to Edinburgh, where he attended Edinburgh Univ,. although did not graduate. While in London he became friends with Benjamin Franklin (R. Buckminster Fuller), whose daughter’s son would marry his own future daughter. In 1780, he wed Arabella Maria Smith, the daughter of a British army officer, and returned to the West Indies, where he was admitted to the bar, thanks to his father’s pull. Two sons and a daughter from the union, including George Mifflin Dallas, who became vice-president under James Polk (Robert Dole). Three years later, because of his wife’s health, he moved to Philadelphia. Worked in a law office, before gaining his citizenship, and in 1783, was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar, although he failed to drum up much business through his practice. Served as the first reporter of the U.S. Supreme Court, using his own funds, although proved to be somewhat sloppy and extremely slow in his record-keeping. Appointed Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1791, and was reappointed three more times, while becoming a trustee of the Univ. of Pennsylvania. Helped found a variety of societies promoting egalitarian and anti-aristocratic politics during the decade, and also served as an aide-de-camp and paymaster for federal forces during the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794. In 1801, he was commissioned U.S. District Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, holding that post for thirteen years and arguing a host of landmark cases. Helped his friend Albert Gallatin (Al Gore), the Secretary of the Treasury in the cabinet of James Madison (Michael Eric Dyson), raise funds to fight the British during the War of 1812, then succeeded him in 1814. Faced with a virtually bankrupt government, he completely reorganized the Treasury Dept., and wound up creating a surplus by raising taxes, while pushing for the creation of the Second Bank of the U.S. Controlled the circulation of money, putting the nation back on the specie system. Served as acting Secretary of War and State during 1815, in addition to his other duties, while providing an economic balm for the country. Following his stint in the cabinet, he returned to his Philadelphia law practice. While arguing a case, he was seized by a stomach gout, and died three hours later. Inner: Highly competent in money matters, with a genuine feel for macroeconomics. You can bank on it lifetime of employing his financial acumen in service of his country at a time of its greatest need, before serially returning to try to realize his even greater ambition of sitting at the desk that says the buck stops here.

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PATHWAY OF THE POLITICIAN AS ETHNIC EVERYMAN:
Storyline: The ambitious administrator knows how to carve out unique careers for himself, thanks to a garrulous can-do nature, and a desire to continually top himself, or at least see how high his high energy talent for uncommon commonality can take him.
Bill Richardson (William Blaine Richardson III) (1947) - American politician. Outer: Mother was a native of Mexico, while his father of the same name was an investment banker, and also the product of a Mexican mother and American father. One younger sister. Spent his childhood in Mexico City, where his sire worked as an executive for Citibank, and became fluent in Spanish. Attended a New England prep school where he was a star pitcher with dreams of a major league career. Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics, but his progenitor convinced him to go to law school instead, and he popped his elbow soon afterwards, underlying the decision. 6’2”. Went to Tufts, where he majored in French and political science, than got his MA from his alma mater’s School of Law and Diplomacy. In 1972, he married Barbara Flavin, an antique’s restorer he had known from high school, no children from the union. Moved to Washington, DC, and worked in the State Dept’s congressional relation’s office, then joined the staff of the Foreign Relation’s Committee. In 1978, he moved to New Mexico, to launch his political career in a sparsely populated state, where his ethnic background would put him in good stead. Ran for Congress in 1980, against the longtime incumbent Manuel Lujan, Jr., and in the process made the Guiness Book of Records by shaking 8,871 hands in one day. Accused of carpetbagging, but the sheer overwhelming sense of presence he projected, made it a surprising close race, and he lost by only 5000 votes. Subsequently a new voting district was created, and he handily won it in 1981, despite some negative publicity along the way. Showed himself to be readily available to his constituents, visiting his district often, and became a very popular figure in the state, thanks to a combination of caring and conviviality. In the process, he also rose to become one of the House’s 4 chief Democratic whips, while focusing on Amerindian affairs in his 14 years there. In the 1990s, he began taking on unofficial personal diplomacy roles, insinuating himself into volatile overseas circumstances in Myanmar, Haiti, Iraq and Cuba, while garnering a good deal of publicity in doing so. Helped Pres. Bill Clinton get NAFTA passed in 1993, and then became his ambassador to the UN in 1997, before joining his cabinet the follow year as Secretary of Energy, although some chicanery at the Los Alamos labs undercut his reputation as such. Despite rumors of extra-marital affairs, they would remain unfounded, rather than proven. Taught at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Govt., and also became a corporate board member of several large energy companies. Successfully ran for governor of New Mexico in 2002, easily winning two terms, while showing himself to be a good fiscal manager of state finances. Won with an overwhelming 68% of the vote for his second term in 2006, before setting his sights on the presidency, announcing his candidacy in the beginning of 2007. Remained mired low in the polls, however, behind the three top front-runners, in a possible bid to become someone’s vice-presidential candidate. Hampered by non-recognition of his Hispanic status by much of the Latino population, thanks to his Anglo last name, and also a gaffe-prone campaign, where his off-the-cuff strength proved to be his weakness in debates and on the trail, although his innate diplomacy set him up for a possible position in a Democratic administration after he was forced to drop out following the initial primaries because of a lack of money and a continued 4th place status. Grew a beard afterwards, as a means of declaring his independence from the carefully programmed mien to which he had been forced to adhere, and then surprisingly gave his endorsement to Barack Obama, despite longterm Clinton ties, after undue pressure was put on him by the latter, angering him greatly. Later shaved off his beard, and accepted a cabinet position with Obama as Secretary of Commerce, when he had really wanted State. Before he could claim it, however, he was forced to withdraw because of a grand jury investigation into a California company’s political contributions to him and a subsequent extremely lucrative state contract awarded them. Subsequently regrew his goatee in recompense. Inner: Informal, tousled, with a tendency to put on weight. Twice broke the world’s record for most handshakes in an 8 hour period, a record of which he is extrremely proud. Garrulous and gregarious, a natural public performer who loves to be in the spotlight. High energy lifetime of riding his roots for all they are worth to try to become an important and unprecedented national figure from them. Fiorello La Guardia (Fiorello Enrico La Guardia) (1882-1947) - American politician. Known as the “Little Flower.” Outer: Father was a lapsed Catholic and a musician from Italy. Mother, who was Jewish, was a merchant’s daughter from Trieste, Austria. Eldest son and 2nd of 3 children. Both parents had emigrated to the U.S. two years prior to his birth. Raised an Episcopalian on western and southwestern army posts where his sire, replete with a showy waxed mustache, was an enlisted bandmaster from 1885 to 1898. The latter beat his son regularly in his desire to turn him into a facsimile of himself, and also encouraged his teacher’s to do the same, which wound up making him extremely sensitive to victims. It also motivated him to be the best he could be, while giving him a deep suspicion of authority, as well as everybody else. Had an admiration for swift frontier-style justice, and his view of corrupt Indian agents made him a fierce stickler for the law. On his sire’s discharge, the family went to Trieste, and he spent his late teens in the Austro-Hungarian empire, where he became a member of the American consular service in Budapest and then Fiume. Just over 5’ feet tall, and progressively wider as he grew older, although quite sensitive about his size. Returned to NYC 21 years after he had left, fluent in Hungarian, German, Serbo-Croatian, Yiddish and Italian, as well as English. Changed his middle name from Enrico to Henry, while keeping his Italianate first name, in a half-show of Americanization. While working as an interpreter at Ellis Island, he put himself through NYC law school by taking night classes, and in 1910 began practicing law in NY’s teeming ethnic enclave, the Lower East Side. Became a Progressive Republican because the Democratic Tammany machine in NYC was so deeply entrenched with Irish. Won his first seat in Congress in 1916 by just 357 votes, thanks to luring flophouse voters to the polls with donuts and coffee, before his opponents could. Volunteered for the Army’s aviation section in WW I, and was stationed in Foggia, Italy. Worked undercover, did propaganda and flew fighter planes, winding up a major, after returning from one mission with 200 bulletholes in his aircraft. In 1919, he married Thea Almerigotti, a Catholic native of Trieste, although both she and their infant daughter died the following year of TB. Threw himself single-mindedly into politics to deal with the loss, as a progressive, from the poor district of East Harlem. Married a 2nd time in 1929 to Marie Fischer, his Lutheran secretary of 15 years, who was a native New Yorker. The duo later adopted a son and a daughter. Other than a love of music, he had no hobbies, putting his total focus on his career. Had few friends as well, thanks to a natural competitiveness, which thinned out their ranks even more over the years, particularly with his penchant for abusing subordinates, when they failed to meet his standards. Spent a dozen years fighting for reform in a host of arenas in Congress, and in 1929, he ran for mayor as a Republican against the popular Tammany incumbent, Jimmy Walker (Harvey Fierstein), who easily beat him by a half million votes, thanks to the corrupt machine behind him. The Depression, however, would mute NYC’s love affair with Walker, and by 1932, he was forced to step down, opening the way for his own three term run for that office, beginning in 1934. Proved extremely dynamic, clearing slums, building public housing, creating a nonpolitical civil service and cleaning the city of its graft, while bringing it out of its corrupt and dysfunctional past. A strong moralist, he battled gangsters, gamblers and smut, and later trumpeted himself on radio with a weekly show. In one of his best-remembered ploys, he read the Sunday comics aloud during a newspaper strike, which further endeared him to the city. By his third term in 1941, he no longer wanted to be mayor, despite being one of the most popular NYC ever had. Wished to be Secretary of War in Pres. Franklin Roosevelt’s wartime cabinet, although he was denied the opportunity and made director of the Office of Civil Defense, a lesser role from which he was quickly forced out because of his contentiousness. Refused to run for a fourth term, but was unwilling and unable to retire. Left city hall looking old and worn out, and served quite unhappily and unsuccessfully as Director General of the UN Relief and Rehabilitation board, only to be stymied in what he wished to do, forcing him to resign. Because of his nonpartisan approach, no party leader succeeded him, nor did any reform machine continue after him. Died at home of cancer of the pancreas, with a mortgage still left on his home, and only $8000 in war bonds in the bank. Inner: Hard working and scrupulously honest, with a far greater interest in power than money. A highly colorful figure, he loved smashing slot machines and chasing after fire engines. Also not adverse to bullying and publicly dressing down subordinates. Flowering lifetime of searching for power in all the right places, only to be ultimately stymied by an ambition that far outweighed his potential possibilities. Charles E. Dudley (1780-1841) - English/American politician and businessman. Outer: Father had been a king’s collector of customs, who operated out of Newport, Rhode Island, before returning to England, where his son was born. Mother was from an American colonial family. After his sire’s death in 1790, mother and son emigrated to her native Rhode Island, where he was schooled. Became a clerk in a counting room, before entering trade, moving to the East Indies, then NYC, and finally settling in Albany, as a prominent merchant. Married Blandina Bleecker, a member of a prominent family. Having made his fortune, he entered politics, and became a member of the state senate in the early 1820s, while at the same time, was chosen as mayor of Albany from 1821 to 1824 and 1828 to 1829. Became a member of the Albany Regency, the powerhouse political machine of the state at the time, and remained an important liaison with its head, Martin Van Buren (FDR), who was serving in Washington. Failed in a bid for the House of Representatives, but, in 1829, he was sent to the U.S. Senate to fill in the vacancy left by Van Buren, when he became NY governor, and served until 1833. Proved a loyalist to the Andrew Jackson (Joschka Fischer) administration, but left no personal mark on the office. Retired from public life afterwards, although maintained his interest in politics. Had a longtime fascination with astronomy, and after his death, his wife established the Dudley Observatory in Albany in his memory. Inner: Affable, adept at personal politicking and a figure of integrity. Steppingstone lifetime of transliterating his personal people-to-people skills into the American political arena as a neophyte building on his innate office-holding skills.

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PATHWAY OF THE POLITICIAN AS ENTHUSIASTIC & ETHICAL ETHNIC:
Storyline: The populist progressive knows how to rise from modest and minority roots to claim his rightful place in the political pantheon of his times, in his ongoing desire to be an emblem of America as the ultimate land of opportunity for any and all of its varied citizens.
Antonio Villaraigosa (Antonio Villar, Jr.) (1953) - American politician. Outer: Of Mexican-American descent. Mother worked as a secretary, after his father abandoned the family when he was five. Close to the former, whose belief in him spurred him to rise above his humble barrio beginnings. Oldest of four siblings. Went to both Catholic and public schools, after being expelled from the former for fighting. Attended East Los Angeles College, before transferring to UCLA, where he majored in his/story. Went to an unaccredited law school, the People’s College of Law, although subsequently failed 4 times to pass the California Bar exam, so he never practiced as a lawyer. Instead he became an investigator and union steward for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 1978 to 1986. Fathered two daughters out-of-wedlock, then, in 1985, he married Corina Raigosa, who would become a longtime teacher, and combined both their names into his, 4 children from union. An affair on his part would threaten to end the marriage in 1994, with his wife filing for divorce, although the two were able to reconcile, after a long separation. Served as a union organizer for the teacher’s union from 1987 to 1983. In 1994, he was elected to the California State Assembly as a Democrat, and thanks to his gregarious nature and innate political skills, he was made Assembly Speaker 4 years later. Established himself as a progressive, and in 2001 ran for mayor of Los Angeles, but lost to Jim Hahn, the son of longtime LA politico Kenneth Hahn. Won a seat on the City Council, and maintained his high profile in city affairs, so that he handily beat Hahn in 2005, becoming the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since 1872. Immediately showed that he had both the dramatic sense to be a photogenic media darling with his all-star political lineup at his inauguration, and the ethical sense to stop corrupt practices with lobbyists and city hall with a written promise from everyone to be far more ethical. With boundless energy, and seemingly everywhere at once, he initially proved to be an extremely popular mayor, actively trying to untangle longheld city problems, in every province, from transportation to education to pothole protection to crime prevention. His desire to take control of the city’s Unified School District received much opposition from entrenched interests, causing him to compromise on that goal, while continuing the work with his predecessors’ models in maintaining standards in the school system. Stayed very focused on enhancing the city’s economy, while trying to create more affordable housing, and keeping crime rates and gang activity down, as well as maintaining environmental integrity as a supporter of “green urbanism,” including plans to plant one million new trees in the city. As a business emissary for LA, he traveled to Asia, and as an emissary for his own larger ambitions, has frequently appeared in the national media as a representative of Latino Power, with thoughts of the governorship, and even possibly the presidency very much on his future agenda. In 2007, however, he hit a roadblock, when his wife filed for divorce once again, ending their 20 year + marriage. Later admitted to an ongoing affair with Telemundo reporter, Mirthala Salinas, although the two soon terminated their relationship, because of the damage it had down to both their careers. The affair would end his press honeymoon, as further revelations would show most of his time was spent promoting himself, and continuously traveling out-of-town, and occasionally out-of-country, with far less of a focus on the city’s myriad problems, despite his claims of 16-18 hour days. Nevertheless, he easily won a second term in 2009, outspending his nearest rival by a 15-1 margin. Inner: Gregarious, self-aggrandizing, driven and highly ambitious, with seemingly boundless energy. Part two lifetime of coming in once again as part of a Catholic minority, and using his innate political acumen and his genuine like-ability to rise to prominence and possible pre-eminence as a representative of pure populist power. Al Smith (Alfred E. Smith) (1873-1944) - American politician. Outer: Grandparents were Irish, German, Italian and English, although he thoroughly identified with his Irish Catholic roots. Father of the same name was a Civil War veteran who owned a small trucking firm, and died when his son was 13. One younger sister. Dropped out of parochial school to help support the family, and never finished his education. 5'6". Worked at the Fulton Fish Market, which he considered his education, along with “the sidewalks of NY.” Began his political career in 1895 as a clerk, then as an investigator in the office of the city commission of jurors, while working his way up through ward politics. Although surrounded by corrupt machine politicos of Tammany Hall in his rise, he remained clean, and never forgot his humble origins, nor let anyone else discount them either. In 1900, he married his childhood love, Catherine Dunn, 5 children from union. Won his first elective office in 1903 as a Democrat to the NY State Assembly, and held that post until 1915, serving as Speaker for the last two years, thanks to his social skills. Always emphasized his immigrant beginnings, as a populist progressive, and remained untainted by the corrupt practices of his fellow politicians. As part of the commission that investigated the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911, he instituted safety legislation to correct that tragedy, and the experience turned him into an enthusiastic social reformer. Rose through party ranks to become the leader of the progressive movement in the Democratic Party in both the city and the state, while mastering the ins and outs of state politics, as a protege of party boss Charles Murphy. Held the well-paying position of sheriff of NY county from 1915 to 1917, and became president of the City board of alderman. Won the governorship of NY state in 1918, then lost his re-election bid in 1920, before being elected three more times to the two year office, thanks to a facility for picking really good advisers. Learned how to use the media to his advantage, including newly introduced radio, despite his decidedly New York accent, which ‘woiked’ against him nationally, although not locally, and showed himself to be an active reformer, introducing much social welfare legislation, while reshaping the state’s governmental structure from the corruption and chaos he had found. His achievements made him a leading candidate for the 1924 Democratic presidential nomination, although his Catholicism and anti-prohibition stance caused him to be rejected by the convention. Reined in his progressivism and won the nomination in 1928, after being introduced as the “Happy Warrior,” only to lose to Herbert Hoover in the general election by an overwhelming margin, thanks to the deep-seated prejudices of the country at the time, which included naming him as the Anti-Christ by the Ku Klux Klan, the divisiveness of Prohibition, and a false optimism in an economy that was about to go bust. Even failed to win New York State, and was successful only in the South and Massachusetts and Rhode Island, all longheld Democratic bastions. Became more conservative once out of elective office, feeling beholden to his wealthy supporters. Nevertheless, was able to inaugurate a longlasting coalition of ethnics and urbanites that would be the base of the Democratic Party for the next five decades or so. Failed in a third bid for the nomination in 1932, and initially supported Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Gerhard Schroeder), who had succeeded him as his hand-picked choice for governor, although felt neglected and betrayed by him afterwards. Became president of the Empire State Building and also editor of the New Outlook, in the early 1930s, and refused to support FDR’s New Deal legislation. In 1934, he became one of the leaders of an anti-New Deal organization, and in 1936, 1940 and 1944 backed the Republican candidates for president against FDR, then played no public role in WW II. Following his wife’s death from cancer, he lost the will to live, and died 5 months later in a hospital. Inner: Honest and upright, with a genuine love for the political life. Genuine reformer, with a great desire to improve things, once he had learned the basics from the machine politicians who initially supported him. Happy Warrior lifetime of rising as high as he could in the political hierarchy of his times, before allowing a disgruntled sense of rejection temper his accomplishments, and mute his social sensibilities. William L. Marcy (1786-1857) - American politician and statesman. Outer: Mother’s side of the family came over with the Puritans. After graduating from Brown Univ., he taught school, then studied law, before being admitting to the bar in 1811. Married Cornelia Knower, the daughter of a member of the Albany Regency, in 1812, 3 children from the union, before his wife died in 1821. Began practicing law in Troy, NY, before serving in the War of 1812 as a minor officer. Became recorder of Troy, although lost his post through the manipulations of political opponents. Served as an editor of a local paper, and then was named adjutant-general of the NY militia in 1821, and was often referred to as Gen. Marcy afterwards. Became NY state comptroller in 1823, holding that post for the rest of the decade, and through that position, was a leading member of the Albany Regency, a group of Democrats who held considerable power in the state, including Charles Dudley (Bill Richardson) and Silas Wright (Julian Castro). Parlayed that position into becoming an associate justice of the NY State Supreme Court, before being elected to the U.S. Senate as a Jacksonian Democrat in 1831. Defended Secretary of State Martin Van Buren (Gerhard Schroeder) against an attack by Henry Clay (Hubert Humphrey) with the remark, “To the victor belongs the spoils of the enemy,” and became known afterwards as a champion of the corrupt spoils system. Resigned from the senate to win the governorship of NY State in 1833, holding that post for the rest of the decade, where he proved to be an effective administrator, thanks to a gifted secretary of state. Organized the first geographical survey of all 56 NY counties while in office. Ultimately defeated by William Seward (Howard Cosell). Remained active in NY state politics, and in 1845, he was appointed Secretary of War in the cabinet of James K. Polk (Robert Dole), remaining in that position throughout the latter’s term of office. Returned to his law practice afterwards, before seeking the presidential nomination in 1852. Failed in his attempt to secure the nomination, but was made Secretary of State to the eventual winner of the election, Franklin Pierce (Eugene McCarthy), where he negotiated the Gadsden Purchase, which drew the boundary line between Mexico and the United States, following war between the two countries. Also helped avoid war with Spain through his negotiations, and ultimately put together 24 treaties. Inner: Popular and friendly, and effective in all the offices he held. Largely a machine politician, learning the intricacies of getting things done via the American system. Prepatory lifetime of working through the establishment, before delving into minority and reformist status to get in touch with his inner populist in order to make a far deeper mark on his times, and try to actualize his higher ambitions.

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PATHWAY OF THE POLITICIAN AS PARTNERED PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL:
Storyline: The emulous attorney switches genders with her longtime mate, only to be ultimately betrayed in their mutual ambition for the presidency, while she struggled once again with a tumorous interior, rife with anger from lives, losses and frustrations both past and present.
Elizabeth Edwards (Mary Elizabeth Anania) (1949-2010) - American lawyer and political helpmate. Outer: Of Italian descent on the paternal side of her family. Father was a U.S. Navy pilot, mother was the daughter of a Navy pilot, and had been married beforehand to yet another Navy pilot who had been lost at sea. Moved often and spent part of her childhood going to school in Japan, where her sire, who taught her how to draw people to her, was stationed. Went to Mary Washington College, then transferred to the Univ. of North Carolina, where she completed 3 years of doctoral work in English, before getting her law degree there. Met her future husband John Edwards at the same time, and they were married in 1977. Began her career as a law clerk for a federal judge, before moving to Nashville, where she became an associate at a law firm. In 1981, she and her family moved to Raleigh, NC to continue her legal work. Had a son and a daughter, with the former killed in 1996, when his jeep overturned. Retired from practice to absorb the shock, spending weeks reading his textbooks aloud at his grave, and joining online bereavement groups, while reverting to her married name, after working professionally under her birth name. Decided to have more children afterwards, and she and her husband added a daughter and a son to their brood, while he entered politics, winning a senatorial seat in 1998 as a Democrat. In remembrance of her lost son, she spent much of her time devoted to administrating the Wade Edwards Foundation, which prods young people towards excellence. Taught legal writing as an adjunct instructor at her alma mater’s law school, while also working as a substitute teacher. When John Edwards first ran for the presidency in 2004 as a Democrat, she actively joined him in his campaign, exerting dominance and control over all his decisions, and dismissing any and all she felt failed their larger ambitions, while showing a far more driven side of herself privately than publicly. The day his ticket of Kerry-Edwards was defeated in the general election, she discovered she had breast cancer,. After being treated for it, she became an activist for cancer and women’s health issues, and wrote a memoir, “Saving Graces: Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangers” in 2006, on how she dealt with her son’s death. Joined her husband on the campaign trail in 2007 once again, only to find the cancer had returned, and was now incurable, although treatable. To add insult to her metastasizing injury, her husband began an affair with a predatory video producer, which resulted in a baby, and the summary end of his political career when the revelations became public knowledge in 2008. Knew about it as early as 2006, at which point she literally became sick over it, although swallowed her pride for their mutual ambition. Penned “Resilience,” in response to her pain and betrayal, and then did numerous high profile TV appearances, in an odd post-mortem need to continue to air the dirty laundry of their public life, in what some labeled an opportunistic need for vengeance, and others as her ongoing role as a voice for voiceless victims. Legally separated from him afterwards, and bought a colonial home hoping to move into it with her children, although never did. The cancer, however, spread throughout her body, and she eventually stopped doing chemotherapy, dying soon afterwards, surrounded by family, including her estranged husband, while receiving almost universal praise for her true grit in the face of adversity. Inner: Formidable, with a considerable amount of fortitude. Great believer in connectedness as a means of triumphing over tragedies. Easily proved the dominant figure in her marriage in private, with a driving ambition that more than matched her husband’s. Resilient lifetime of having to deal with tragedy and tribulation as a highly public figure, through both personal connection and disconnection, in her ongoing desire to be a voice for equality and opportunity, and her unconscious need to be a victim of fate’s continuous unkind cuts. Charles McNary (1874-1944) - American politician and lawyer. Outer: Parents were farmers. 9th of 10 children, and 3rd son. His grandparents had previously crossed the country from Kentucky and Missouri respectively, making the family prime pioneer stock. Father was a former brickyard worker and schoolteacher. When he was 4, his mother died, and at 9, his sire passed away, at which point he moved off the family farm to live with an older brother and two older sisters in Salem, Oregon. Attended Salem public schools, and entered politics at 18, as country deputy recorder, holding the position for 4 years. A talented baseball player, some thought he should turn professional after school. At 22, he came to California to attend Stanford Univ., where he studied law, and worked as a waiter to get through school. Returned to Oregon the following year, and read law under an older brother, John, per his request, before passing the state bar in 1898, and practicing with his sibling, with real estate as his specialty. Their practice was successful enough for him to be able to buy back the old family farm. In 1902, he married Jessie Breyman (John Edwards), the daughter of a successful Salem businessman. No children from the union, which ended tragically when his wife died in an automobile accident in 1918. Managed his brother’s successful run for county district attorney in 1904, and then served under him as a deputy district attorney for 7 years. In addition, in 1908 he took on the position of dean of Willamette University College of Law, serving until 1913. That year, he was appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court, but two years later, he missed by one vote in securing the nomination as the Republican’s candidate for a full six year term, as a member of the party’s Progressive wing. Held numerous offices and positions, and in 1917, he was appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate when his predecessor died. Lost the election the following year for a full term, only to see his winning opponent resign almost immediately afterwards. Took office at year’s end, and was subsequently reelected 4 more times, becoming, in essence, Senator-for-life from Oregon, with little opposition save in the election of 1936, when the Democrats were riding high. Seldom campaigned in person, letting surrogates do so for him, while his flexibility made him a party leader. In 1923, he married his secretary, Cornelia Woodburn Morton. No children from the union, although they eventually adopted a daughter. Built a lavish estate on his farm, which included an arboretum and tennis court, as well as 110 acres of fruit and nut trees. An experimental horticulturist, he established the filbert industry in the Northwest, while earlier forming the Salem Fruit Union, and serving as its president for the last 35 years of his life. Supported the development of hydroelectric power in the West, as well as farm and reclamation legislation. Always willing to compromise in the name of pragmatism, he also supported many of Pres. Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal programs, such as Social Security and the Tennessee Valley Authority. Rose to Senate Minority Leader his last 11 years, and played a pivotal role in gaining government funding for the Bonneville Dam, while also expanding the size of the country’s forests, and providing much needed farm relief, for which he was deeply appreciated. In 1940, after campaigning for the presidency, and spearheading a “Stop Willkie” movement later in the campaign, he reluctantly accepted his party’s vice-presidential nomination under Wendell Willkie (Barack Obama), as a western counterbalance to the latter’s midwestern and eastern liberalism, despite being a progressive himself. The unmatched team wound up being crushed by Roosevelt by over a five-to-one margin in the electoral vote. Subsequently turned down an offer to join FDR’s cabinet. Suffered a brain tumor, and died of pneumonia after unsuccessful surgery for it, with Willkie following him in death a scant six months later, so that neither of them would have lived out their term of office, even if they had been elected, a first in American politics. Inner: Genial and progressive, as well as a reflection of western interests and political sensibilities. Committed conservationist, with a great love of trees. Strongly identified with the pioneer stock from which he came, and was known as a man of his word. The possessor of a wry sense of humor, he loved to sing and dance as a youth, and was imbued with a solid work ethic throughout his life. Premier Parliamentarian, with a great love of the Senate and its traditions. Populist lifetime of evincing a deep identification with both the land and the legislative body of the U.S. Senate, while serving as a well-loved figure of the West for his ongoing championing of the needs of common folk. John Bell (1797-1869) - American politician, lawyer and plantation owner. Outer: Parents were pioneer settlers of Tennessee. Born a few months after Tennessee became a state. Father was a farmer and blacksmith. Proved precocious as a youngster and graduated from Cumberland College in 1814 while still a teenage, then was admitted to the bar and began his law practice in Franklin, Tenn. Before he was 21, he was elected to the state legislature. Continued practicing law while moving to Nashville, before marrying Sally Dickinson. Following her premature death, he wed Jane Yeatman, a wealthy widow. Their daughter would eventually marry Confederate Congressman Edwin Augustus Keebles (John Edwards). In 1827, he began his political career in the U.S. House of Representatives, and in 1834 and 1835, served as Speaker of the House, defeating James K. Polk (Robert Dole) for the office. In his 14 years in the House, he was also on the Judiciary Committee. Originally a Jacksonian Democrat, he disagreed with Pres. Andrew Jackson’s (Joschka Fischer) bank policy and choice of Martin Van Buren (Franklin Roosevelt) as his successor, and joined the Whig Party. Briefly served as Secretary of War under William Henry Harrison (Dwight Eisenhower) and John Tyler (Robert Byrd), before resigning in protest over the latter’s vetoing of Whig bills. Opposed Polk’s successful presidential candidacy in 1844, denying him Tennessee, while growing wealthy through investments in both railroads and manufacturing. As a slave-owning plantation owner, he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1847, serving until 1859. Only one of two Southerners, along with Sam Houston (Tom DeLay), to naysay the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which allowed settlers to vote on slavery in the new territories. Ran for the presidency in 1860 via the Constitutional Union Party, a short-lived southern pro-Union and anti-secession party. Carried three southern states and won 39 electoral votes in the his/storic election, which brought Abraham Lincoln to office. Continued to oppose secession until 1861 when rebels fired on Fort Sumter, and then supported Tennessee’s joining the Confederacy. Moved to the lower South when Union troops entered his home state, and retired from politics. Continued his business activities during the fray, although fared poorly because of the unsettled conditions. Returned home after the Civil War, deeply depressed over the South’s loss, and died there four years later, a thoroughly defeated man. Inner: Known as “the Great Apostate,” for his reluctance to embrace secession. Principled and highly emotional, with a very strong identification with his home state. Bellwether lifetime of enjoying privilege and power in both the political and commercial arenas until national divisions made him reluctantly embody a losing cause to the point of self-defeat and self-destruction, in his ongoing dramatic need to deal with multiple losses as a means of finding his/her own inner strength.

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PATHWAY OF THE POLITICIAN AS SELF-MADE MAN OF THE PEOPLE:
Storyline: The populist politician switches genders, while identifying with commonality, despite doing quite well for himself as its champion against corporate America, in his ongoing partnership of power with a remarkably parallel, but calamity-prone, mate.
John Edwards (Johnny Reid Edwards) (1953) - American lawyer and politician. Outer: Father worked as a textile mill floor worker, and eventually became a supervisor. Mother had a roadside antique business, and later became a letter carrier. His parents had to take out a $50 loan in order to pay the hospital bill for his delivery. Oldest of 3. A football star in high school, he lettered in 4 sports and became the first member of his family to go to college. After a scholarship to Clemson failed to materialize, he transferred to North Carolina State Univ., where he majored in textile technology, and graduated with honors. Received his law degree from the Univ. of North Carolina, graduating with honors from there as well. While at UNC he met fellow budding lawyer Elizabeth Anania, who was four years his senior. The duo were married in 1977. Two children from the union. Clerked for a federal judge, then went to work for a Nashville law firm, before moving to Raleigh in 1981. Built up a highly successful career as a personal injury attorney taking on big corporations for negligence and medical malpractice, and winning multimillion dollar awards, while gaining national attention for his efforts. Later published a book, “Four Trials,” which he co-wrote, recounting his victories. The couple’s oldest son, Wade, was killed in a Jeep accident in 1996, devastating them, and forcing them to refocus their lives. Another son and daughter would follow. His wife discontinued her law practice over the tragedy, while he decided to go into politics as a populist Democrat. The duo also started a foundation in their son’s name, dedicated to giving more educational opportunities to young people. Boyish and telegenic, with a ubiquitously ready smile for the cameras, he won a Senate seat in 1998, defeating the incumbent Republican on a populist campaign. During his one term, he voted to give authority to Pres. George W. Bush to invade Iraq, a stance he would eventually come to apologize for, as a huge mistake. Showed himself to be liberal on some issues, and conservative on others. Moved into a $6 million manse following his term, somewhat belying his projected commonality. After laying the groundwork for a presidential run in 2000, he actively sought the nomination in 2004, as the spokesman for the workingman half of what he characterized as the two Americas. Retired from his Senate seat and was selected as the vice-presidential candidate by the ultimate nominee, John Kerry, although the latter’s people were unhappy with the choice, in their desire for a far more aggressive attack dog. The two suffered a close defeat, marked by shenanigans in Ohio, which probably would have given them the election, had it been fair. Derided, as well, by the opposition as the Breck Boy, for his youthfulness, he, nevertheless, made a decent-enough impression as a seemingly honest pol and put his full focus afterwards on capturing the 2008 Democratic nomination. The same day he conceded, his wife revealed she had breast cancer, and became an activist for social awareness of that disease. After fighting it with chemotherapy, she discovered in 2007 it had spread and was incurable, although treatable. The realization did not untrack her husband’s pursuit of the presidency, and she remained an extremely active component of his team. Appointed director of a poverty and work center at the Univ. of North Carolina, he became a highly critical voice of the Bush administration’s policies, while presenting himself as a champion of the ordinary working American, despite his millionaire status and $400 haircuts. A genuine progressive, he built his campaign around fighting poverty and providing universal health care as his two key elements, while blaming the wealthy and corporate interests for America’s problems, which guaranteed him minimum media coverage. Despite his full-time campaigning schedule he remained third to the two favorites, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama all through the pre-primaries campaign, thanks to their superior funding. Moved to Iowa, and continued to hold his number three position, as those behind him serially dropped out of the race, making it a three-way affair, until he, too, was forced to call it quits, without initially supporting either of the final two media-anointed frontrunners. Finally gave his endorsement to Barack Obama at the near-end of the primaries, when Hillary Clinton was all but counted out. Continually dogged throughout his run and afterwards by rumors of an affair and a love child with Riell Hunter, a documentarian who produced videos for his prepresidential campaign. Finally admitted to the affair but not the child, blaming narcissism and a sense of omnipotence on the lapse, which effectively ended his status as a national figure. The following year he would come under investigation for having his PAC pay $100,000 to Hunter’s production company, while his wife’s subsequent memoir and TV appearances would continue to rub his nose into his indiscretion, long after it was over. In 2010, he finally admitted paternity, having nothing more to lose by doing so, since he and his wife legally separated in preparation for divorce. Later proposed to Hunter, amidst possibilities of a grand jury indictment over misuse of campaign funds, allowing him to remain one of America’s most despised public figures. At his wife’s bedside when she died of cancer in 2010, although not allowed to speak at her subsequent funeral service. Indicted the following year for violations of campaign finance laws over nearly a million dollars spent on covering up his affair. Rejected a plea deal that would have given him some prison time, which opened him up to multiple felony charges. Asked to pay back $2.3 million to the government in matching campaign funds, afterwards, while revealing he has a serious heart condition. Inner: Until his scandal, seen as clean-cut, sincere, with a genuine desire to even the playingfield between rich and working-class America, despite a hidden sense of self-annihilation hiding just below his expensive blow-dried surface. Progressively more progressive populist lifetime of doing battle on a national level with the bought-and-paid-for politicians of the establishment, as a voice for the other America, before succumbing to his own grandiose sense of entitlement for doing so. Jessie McNary (Jessie Breyman) (?-1918) - American political helpmate. Outer: Father was a successful businessman. In 1902, she married Charles McNary (Elizabeth Edwards). No children from the union. Served as a helpmate for his initial foray into politics, up to the earliest part of his Senate career. While returning home from a trip, her car flipped over and she was crushed underneath. Inner: Curious parallel to her/his son’s demise in the next go-round in this series. Tragic lifetime of giving both love and loss to a figure who would continually have to deal with the combination of those opposites, in their ongoing struggles as a power couple trying to transcend their predilection for self-destroying epiphanies. Edwin Augustus Keebles (1807-1868) - American politician. Outer: A Virginia native, he moved to Tennessee, and wed the daughter of U.S. Representative John Bell (Elizabeth Edwards). Served as mayor of Murfreesboro from 1838 to 1855, then, at the outset of the Civil War, was elected to the Tennessee state legislature. Supported Tennessee’s secession from the union, and the subsequent Jefferson Davis (Lyndon Johnson) administration, as Union soldiers occupied his district. Served in the Second Confederate Congress the last year of the war, after initially losing a bid for the same seat in the First Confederate Congress. Died three years after the war. Inner: Footnote lifetime of continuing his longtime familial connection, while playing an extremely minor role in a major American conflict.

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PATHWAY OF THE POLITICIAN/JURIST AS PERENNIAL CHIEF JUSTICE:
Storyline: The brilliant benchwarmer maintains his fascination with America’s supreme court over the centuries, and remains continually drawn to it, in order to build on his pragmatic respect for the past and problem-solving view of the present, as well as his own conflicts of principle and purpose.
John Roberts (John G. Roberts, Jr.) (1955) - American chief justice. Outer: Father was an executive with Bethlehem Steel. Had a Roman Catholic upbringing, along with 3 sisters, and moved as a youngster to Indiana. Good student/athlete at a Catholic boarding school, where he was captain of the football team, and a regional wrestling champ. Graduated first in his class as a National Merit Scholar winner, then received his BA from Harvard in 1976, as a Phi Beta Kappa, while majoring in his/story, with the idea of becoming a professor in that discipline. In 1979, he got his law degree from Harvard Law, where he served as managing editor of the Harvard Law Review, and also garnered more academic honors. Began his career as a U.S. Court of Appeals clerk and in 1980 and 1981, and parlayed that position into clerking for the man he would one day replace, Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Followed that stint by continuing in government as a special assistant to the U.S. Attorney General, and then served 4 years as associate counsel to Pres. Ronald Reagan, until 1986, when he went to work for a prestigious Washington law firm. During his run in the Reagan White House, he advocated numerous conservative stances, which he would later disavow during his nomination hearing as spoken only in reflection of his client. Nevertheless, showed himself to be extremely deferential to the executive branch. Argued 39 cases for the U.S. Supreme Court, winning 25 of them, which gave him an intimate idea of how its processes worked. Married lawyer Jane Sullivan in 1996, 2 adopted children from union. During the Florida recount in 2000, he gave advice to both Pres. George Bush and his brother Jeb, and finally became a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC circuit in 2003. A scant two years later, he was selected by Pres. Bush to replace the departed William Rehnquist as chief justice of the Supreme Court, thanks to both his previous stated stances, and the fact he had a minimal paper trail. Sailed through his nomination hearings, showing an evasive charm, and a detailed knowledge of the law, without revealing his position on any of the outstanding issues of the day. The American Bar Association gave him their highest ranking, “well qualified,” while the media dubbed him brilliant, thanks to his smooth performance. Once on the bench, to no surprise, he joined the grouping of Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, as well as the newcomer, Samuel Alito, to present a potential conservative block whose influence will probably stretch for a good generation. Announced initially that he would be an umpire, looking for consensus, and was able to do so on a number of cases, during the early part of what will be a long run on the court. In looking for unanimity in the court’s decision, he has thinned out the grounds on which the cases have been built, as majority decisions rose and dissents dropped, although at the cost of the larger law. Eventually revealed himself as far less interested in creating concrete public policy via the court, than in underlining the symbols of the law, thanks to a deep-rooted distrust of change. Inner: Well-socialized, very conversant with the law, and with a distinct judicial philosophy of creating a consensus court, and if possible a unanimous one. Inadvertently messed up the order of the presidential oath, while administering it to Barack Obama, stumbling over ‘faithfully’ before redoing it the following day, fully berobed in private. In what may prove to be the defining decision of his chief justiceship, oversaw a 5-4 verdict in favor of unlimited corporate spending on election campaigns in 2010, paving the way for bought-and-sold politicians of all stripes on all levels in America’s electoral future. Inner: Well-socialized, very conversant with the law, and with a distinct judicial philosophy of creating a consensus court, and if possible a unanimous one. Conservative, with a strong pragmatic streak, and a deep respect for the order of the law, as well as social justice. May be epileptic, having upon occasion suffered seizures that knocked him out. Part three lifetime of taking a fast track to power via his greatest strength, a great love of the law, in order to continue to build on his unusual legacy as a serial chief of his country’s highest court during times of great upheaval, as a means of integrating himself with the ever-evolving judicial consciousness of America. Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948) - American Chief Justice and politician. Outer: Father was a Methodist minister from Wales who converted to Baptist on coming to the U.S., the religion in which his son would be brought up. Mother was of Dutch descent and a commonsensical schoolteacher, while his sire was originally a printer, and an ardent abolitionist. The former was warm and impetuous, while his mother was reserved and prudent. An only child, he became bored with school early on and convinced his parents to homeschool him. The family moved to NYC when he was 12, and put him in public school. 5'11". Graduated the following year, and ultimately wound up at Brown Univ., graduating at 19 with honors, and the youngest member of his class. Taught in upstate NY to earn money for law school, then graduated with highest honors from Columbia Univ. Law School. Practiced law in NYC, and married Antoinette Carter, the daughter of the senior partner in his firm, in 1888, one son and two daughters from union, including Elizabeth Hughes Gosset, who became president of the Supreme Court Historical Society. Taught law at Cornell Univ. Law School in the early 1890s, before returning to his practice. In 1905, he was appointed council to a NY state legislative committee and discovered corruption in gas and utilities in NYC, which led to lower rates. The following year he did the same with NY based life insurance companies, which gave him entree into the political arena, and he went on to defeat publisher William Randolph Hearst for the governorship, serving two terms from 1907 to 1910. During his time in office, he backed progressive labor and welfare legislation, and instituted administrative reforms, while regulating the two industries he had earlier investigated. In 1910, Pres. William Howard Taft (Bill Clinton) appointed him an associate justice of the Supreme Court. Left the bench in 1916 to accept the nomination for the presidency for the Republican Party, while also being endorsed by the Progressive Party. Narrowly lost to the incumbent, Woodrow Wilson, after being accused of political ineptitude. Served in various capacities until 1921, when he was named Secretary of State by Pres. Warren Harding (Warren Beatty), and on the latter’s death, continued under his successor Calvin Coolidge (William Bennett), until 1925. Urged U.S. entry into the League of Nations, with some reservations, and also American membership in the World Court, although neither stance was adopted. Helped implement the Dawes plan, where U.S. bankers loaned money to Germany to reorganize its finances and also ended the naval arms race. Returned to private law practice, and in 1929, he became a judge on the Court of International Justice at the Hague. The following year, he was made chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Acted as a moderate and often the swing vote on a court that was evenly divided between liberals and conservatives all during the initial New Deal era of Franklin Roosevelt. Showed himself to be a conservative in his support of the business community, and liberal in his going after abuses that threw industrial society out-of-balance. Upheld federal authority in dealing with the economic debacle of the Depression, but was also sensitive to minority rights. In 1937, when Roosevelt tried to pack the court with extra justices, he was one of its most eloquent opponents of the plan, although afterwards was an effective voice in making the court more amenable to the president’s New Deal legislation. Retired in 1941, and spent his last years writing in order to preserve his legacy, penning several books on both peace and the Supreme Court. Died of congestive heart failure. Inner: Scholarly, meticulous, reserved and dignified. Always protective of his public life. Pragmatic, with a great respect for the past and past precedent. Extremely intelligent and hardworking, with a great confidence in his unerring ability to properly adjudicate any judicial decision given him, thanks to a practical, rather than ideological nature. Gavel-pounding lifetime of continuing his strong identification with the supreme court of the land, proving to be a practical voice of moderation in unsettling times, with problem-solving, rather than politics, his underlying principle. John Jay (1745-1829) - American politician and first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Outer: Of French Huguenot descent on his father’s side, and Dutch ancestry on his mother’s, who was a member of the land rich Van Cortlandts, giving him a wealthy and highly influential background of NYC merchants. 6th son out of 8 children. Serious, bookish, pious and sedate as a child, evincing self-confidence and self-satisfaction, rather than ambition. Attended King’s College, which would later become Columbia, and began practicing law in 1768 with Robert Livingston (William Randolph Hearst), to whom he was related by marriage. Tall, slender, wiry and graceful. Had arched eyebrows, a Gallic nose and a long chin, while he was frequently in ailing health. Became involved in politics as secretary to the NY committee on correspondence, where he showed himself to be both a protector of American property rights and a respecter of British law. In 1774, he married Sarah Livingston, the daughter of William Livingston (William Paley), 2 sons and 5 daughters from union. Served as a delegate to both Continent Congresses, but opposed the Declaration of Independence, fearing it would lead to mob rule. Once it was adopted, however, he supported the American Revolutionary cause, initially taking the stances of both reason and moderation. Failed in his initial attempt at abolishing slavery, but helped draft the NY state constitution, then served as chief justice of NY from 1777 to 1778, before acting as president of the Continental Congress. Became minister plenipotentiary to Spain in 1779, serving in an extremely important diplomatic role. Negotiated peace treaties with both Spain and France, but failed to get aid and diplomatic recognition from the former. In 1782, he, Benjamin Franklin (R. Buckminster Fuller) and John Adams (Martin Sheen), went to Paris to negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain, following the Revolutionary War. Despised the French as residue from his own Huguenot roots, and operated more from his own ongoing anglophilia, than any strong belief in independence. From 1784 to 1789, he served as the first Secretary of Foreign Affairs, a prelude office to Secretary of State. Saw that the office did not give him the authority to cement America as an international presence. With Alexander Hamilton (John F. Kennedy) and James Madison (Woodrow Wilson), he wrote the Federalist Papers, a collection of essays that promulgating a strong central government and the adoption of the federal Constitution, that would supplant the Articles of Confederation. In 1789, he was named the first chief justice of the Supreme Court, because of his eloquent and partisan work on the ratification of the Constitution. His most noted decision was Chisholm vs. Georgia in 1793, subordinating state sovereignty to the will of the larger government. Went to England in 1794 for Jay’s Treaty, which underlined peace with Great Britain, but at a price, with most points of contention around trade and high seas traffic unresolved, making him pessimistic about the ultimate power of the country in the international realm. Although the treaty was unpopular, it was ratified and signed into law. Resigned his position on the court, seeing it held little real future as an effective instrument of justice and was elected governor of NY as a Federalist, serving from 1795 to 1800. After working towards emancipation for several decades, and buying slaves to free them, he finally signed into law the freeing of NY’s slaves in 1799. Greatly saddened by the early death of his wife, he spent the last 28 years of his life in complete retirement on his 800 acre farm. Inner: Scholarly, stubborn sagacious, and largely humorless. Also vain, albeit not disagreeable in his high self-regard and concern for his reputation. Great respecter of the law, as well as property rights, rational order and also of the old-fashioned virtues of honesty, probity and hard work. Suspicious and pro-British, particularly in terms of governmental and judicial precedents. Less the rationalist than the believer in authority of established order. Felt only tax payers should vote, and despised the back and forth of ordinary politics. Always willing to compromise and cooperate with opponents. Conflicted lifetime of being thrust into the forefront in radical, revolutionary times, despite a reactionary overview to many of the tasks given him, which has necessitated a continued return to the same office, in order to integrate himself more fully with its powers, precedents and principles, and also loosen his overly serious and self-important mien in the process.

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PATHWAY OF THE POLITICIAN AS GREAT LATINO HOPE:
Storyline: The canny cuate positions himself for another run for the presidential roses as a fast-track ethnic minority, with a back-up twin-in-hand, to help him take full advantage of changing American demographics and his own progressive political instincts.
Julian Castro (1974) - American politician. Outer: Born out of wedlock to Rosie Castro, a headline-grabbing 1970s firebrand who was one of the leaders of La Raza Unida, a Texas civil rights group dedicated to defending Mexican-Americans and promoting Chicano identity. Father, Jesse Guzman, was a community organizer turned teacher, who rarely appears in his sons’ biographies. One of a pair of identical twins, with his brother Joaquin, both of whom were raised with high expectations of leadership as “los cuates,” or the twins. The siblings played on their high school tennis team, earned top grades, and were given a dynamic political education by their fiery mother, replete with meeting key figures in their ethnic political world, while she helped build San Antonio’s west-side barrio political machine. Along with his brother, went to Stanford Univ. through affirmative action, and was a communications and political science major. Served as a White House intern in 1994. After Joaquin was rejected by Yale Law School, both brothers went to Harvard Law, where he was a member of Alianza and served on the Law School Council. In 2001, he immediately entered politics and won a seat on the City Council, which his mother had failed to gain nearly thirty years earlier. The following annum, his brother was elected to the Texas State House of Representatives. Both siblings, who are Democrats, also pursued law careers with a major firm with offices around the world. A successful suit in a drunk driving case gave each the wherewithal to pursue far lesser paying political careers. Lost in his first bid for mayor of San Antonio in 2005, largely through the shadow his mother’s past cast over his present, when he insisted he was far more than a barrio candidate. In 2007, he married Erica Lira, a consultant to math teachers, after a long engagement. One daughter from the union. Elected mayor on his second try in 2009, and became the first of his office to be grand marshal of the annual gay rights parade. Continually expressing views outside city affairs, showing an obvious interest in becoming a national figure, with measured liberal responses to most issues. Surrounded himself with a high power staff, even though his job is subsumed by a city manager, while his larger eye remains on the steppingstone of governor of Texas. Inner: Doesn’t really speak Spanish, studying Latin and Japanese in school, while his mother always spoke to him in English. Far more the pragmatist than the ideologue, and fiercely competitive, with a genuine desire to change things. Despite his mother’s disdain for the Alamo, supports it as a tourist attraction. Fast track lifetime of heading for the presidency once again, from a minority ethnic root, and a life bathed in the political from the beginning in order to help him realize a longtime fascination with both power and the power of communication and to what ultimate ends he can take both. James M. Cox (1870-1957) - American politician. Outer: Parents were both farmers. Youngest of 7 children, and farm-raised. A high school graduate, he taught at his alma mater for six years, beginning in 1886. Short, stocky and bespectacled. Through a brother-in-law who was publisher of the Middletown Weekly Signal, he became involved in newspaper work, first as a newsboy, then copy reader, before moving to the Cincinnati Inquirer, showing himself to be an enterprising reporter. In 1894, after exposing a railroad’s magnate shady business deals, he was asked to leave and became a personal assistant to Paul Song, a former robber baron who was elected to Congress. With the latter’s financial help, he bought the Dayton Daily News in 1898, a failed enterprise which he turned around by involving himself in every aspect of the paper from editor to business manager. Plugged into the AP wire service, solicited female readership and steadily expanded its circulation into outlying districts, while updating the press technology, so that within two years he had bought out his investors. The same year he wed Mayme Simpson Harding, and the duo had a pair of sons before divorcing in 1911. Added to his newspaper stable, and became quite wealthy, before opting for politics as a progressive Democrat in 1909, initially as a Congressman, where his record was largely undistinguished, and then as governor of Ohio, from 1913 1921, serving three terms, while losing in a 1916 reelection bid. An enthusiastic and well-liked reformer, he began the state’s highway system, put restrictions on child labor and also created the state’s worker compensation program. Married Margaretta Parler Blair, who was some 20 years his junior, in 1917, two daughters from the union. In 1920, he became the Democratic candidate for president, with Franklin D. Roosevelt as his running-mate, although the country was looking for a party change after 8 years of Woodrow Wilson (Michael Eric Dyson) and he lost in a landslide to fellow Ohioan Warren G. Harding (Warren Beatty), who was his political inferior. Spent the rest of his life expanding his newspaper empire, including the prestigious Atlanta Constitution, while also adding radio stations to the mix, which would be continued by his sons and daughters as a media conglomerate known as Cox Enterprises. Refused to run front page stories on the 1929 stock market crash, feeling public confidence outstripped truth-telling. Proved to be a caring boss, granting unlimited sick leave, while never losing interest in the daily business of editing and running a paper. Remained active in Democratic politics and died at home after a series of strokes. In his will he stated his newspapers should remain devoted to working people. Penned his memoirs, “Journey Through My Years,” in 1946. Inner: Workaholic, with a great concern for commonality. Progressive, highly detailed-oriented, and pragmatic, with a strong moral sense. Avid baseball fan and ardent golfer, as well as an inveterate reader, with biographies a favorite. Said if he reincarnated, it would be into the aroma of printer’s ink. Newsworthy lifetime of bringing his probity to bear in two realms not known for them, the media and politics, in his continuing exploration of the larger and smaller temperaments of his times in order to find his proper place in them. Silas Wright, Jr. (1795-1847) - American politician. Outer: Born on the family farm, and at one moved to Vermont where he grew up on another farm. 5th child, raised a Presbyterian. Father was a member of the state legislature. Taught school in between taking classes at Middlebury Academy, then read for the law and moved to NYC. Admitted to the bar in 1819, before establishing his practice in Canton, NY, where he would settle. Made friends with Martin Van Buren (FDR), who would serve as his political mentor after the two initially scuffled on a steamboat, causing the latter to fall overboard. Along with Van Buren, he became a member of the Albany Regency, whose fellow Democratic politicos, William Marcy (Antonio Villagairosa) and Charles Dudley (Bill Richardson), would continue to parallel one another in American politics in centuries to come, in their coveting of the presidency and in their ethnic backgrounds as a crypto-brotherhood of sorts. Served in several positions before being elected to the NY Senate in 1823. Less the ideologue than the pragmatist, he followed the political lines created by his cohorts, and with them, was to blame for their loss of the legislature, although more maneuvering regained it for them. Became a brigadier general in the state militia and served in the U.S. House of Reps from 1827 to 1829, while supporting Andrew Jackson (Joschka Fischer) for the presidency, which almost cost him his seat, since the latter was unpopular in his district. Van Buren won the governorship of NY in 1828, and he was awarded the position of State Controller, after turning down a senate seat in favor of the more lucrative position. Fought corruption, which enhanced his reputation, and when Van Buren became vice-president, he reluctantly accepted a senate seat, replacing the resigned Marcy, although proved somewhat indecisive as such, while showing himself to be alternately progressive and conservative on both social and financial issues. Married Clarissa Moody, the daughter of an old family friend, although her innate shyness made the limelight extremely difficult for her, creating social mishaps galore as a public couple. As a product of his age, he was a heavy drinker, with a frequently florid complexion, although he was never impaired by his imbibing, even though it did eventually affect his health. Reelected to the Senate in 1837, where he served as chair of the Finance Committee. Offered the vice-presidential nomination in 1844, but declined in order to run for governor of NY, and served from 1845 to 1846, before being defeated for reelection. Retired to his farm afterwards, which he proudly cultivated himself, and died soon afterwards. Appeared on the U.S. $50 gold certificate for thirty years. Inner: Known for his probity and honesty, as well as his clear-headedness and party loyalty. Felt people needed the leadership of bosses. Group lifetime of coming in with his longtime crypto-brotherhood as an ongoing member of a liberal political faction that would reflect one another over the next two centuries of American public life.

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