Birth of a Commander in Chief

“This stuff about transformed? …” Anne E. Kornblut, “Year One: Faith, Resolve Steady Bush,” Boston Globe, December 30, 2001, A1.

“never knowing when she might fall on her face.” Robert Novak, “Advantage Bush,” CommentMax, October 16, 2000, at http://www.newsmax.com/commentarchive.shtml?a=2000/10/16/093700

“Can nice guy George junior shed his image …” BBC News, “Talking Point,” August 15, 2000.

“It was, in fact, one of those moments …” New York Times September 12, 2001, A26.

“It’s often said he’s a man comfortable in his own skin …” Vance McMahan, interview, December 3, 2002.

“The thing that struck me most …” and subsequent discussion. Dick Kirschten, “Bush as Boss,” Government Executive, July 2000.

“He was somebody who has as little degree of pretension …” McMahan interview.