We’ve seen it time and time again: a promising political star tosses his hat into the presidential ring, the media wolf pack descends upon him like raw meat and, before it’s over, his smoothed-over indiscretions, buried footnotes and little-known back story are smeared across the airwaves like roadkill in August.
Okay, let’s say that you suddenly are hot property and a swelling chorus of Americans wants you to run for President. Now.
Given all that has transpired in your life, how do you see your candidacy playing out in the national media? How would mainstream America regard you–and the life you’ve lived?
Me? Yes, they’d might note the solid career, humor, and passion, but I’m afraid they’d depict me as a neurotic worrywart, an obsessive-compulsive nitpicker, sanctimonious twit and general smartass. Drug use? None. Booze. Nope. But there’s no way I’d be seen as anything remotely close to presidential material.
Your turn… 
