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Since these first encounters with the House, Sorensen has relaxed considerably. But he is not a talkative man. At an interview soon after he moved into Leverett, he answered questions easily but maintained a deep reserve. Wearing one of the dark suits he favors and a PT boat tieclip, Sorensen spoke with a trace of a smile, specifying as he went where he could be quoted. It was hard to ask him about Kennedy because the questions seemed so personal. What, for example, were some of the greatest popular misconceptions about Kennedy? "I would rather the answer to that appeared...
...prospect of writing the book on Kennedy scare him? "Scared isn't the word I would have chosen--perhaps overawed." The problem of the book's scope bothered Sorensen, "and there is the difficulty of classified material: I wouldn't do anything to endanger present security, but I have a responsibility to history, too. It will be a personal, not a comprehensive book...
...Sorensen would talk more straightforwardly on general questions about politics. Students interested in political careers, he said, "should go to law school. A degree in government doesn't help because they don't teach what you need to know." Advice from consultants outside government "generally isn't worth much--It's too academic...
...same time, Sorensen showed a pride in the craft of politics which he expressed as what "a good politician" should do. Do you get used to criticism? "A good politician has to." Would personal antagonisms affect the choice of the next Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate? "A good politician can't afford to let that happen...
...sense of how a good politician acts did not come only from the eleven-year experience with John F. Kennedy. Although on a smaller scale than the late President, Sorensen was also brought up on politics. His father, Christian Abraham Sorensen, rose from the Nebraska prairie sod house in which he was born to become state attorney general. His mother, Annis Chaikin Sorensen, was a convinced pacifist and feminist from a Russian-Jewish family...