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...Vermonter got to where he is today by being a rebel, a straight talker. He revolutionized campaigning online, reaching new voters through blogs and meetup groups. Union endorsements and campaign coffers stuffed to the brim don?t fit the image. The last thing he wants to do is turn off his most loyal supporters by letting them think he?s just another politician. So instead of holding a focus group to find out whether his fans will stomach his opting out of federal financing, he?s taking the question directly to the masses. As John McCain?s 2000 strategist Mike...
...course, many successful leaders are not nice guys--your boss, perhaps. But Jayson Blair turned Raines' leadership into a national issue. That Blair, a smooth talker who ingratiated himself with Raines and Boyd, went so long uncaught despite warnings about his sloppy work was blamed on Raines' playing favorites and his unwillingness to listen to others. "This was very quickly not about Jayson Blair," says a Times staff member, "but about Howell and the star system he created. The level of anger was just out of control...
...never been much of a talker. I got into boxing because my trainer told me that I could make lots of money and buy fleets of cars by hitting hard. So when my promoters asked me to speak out or to endorse a product, I'd just say, "I talk with my fists...
...manageable; as a percentage of GDP, they still don't rival those faced by Ronald Reagan and the current president's father. "Nobody likes deficits, but the public will give this president the benefit of the doubt," adds one Bush adviser. "They liked Perot because he was a straight-talker; they like Bush for the same reason...
...overcome them, learn what he doesn't know or master what he knows only superficially; Cheney is the consummate student, a voracious reader who absorbs information, masters the details and takes quiet pride in his expertise. "Dick lets George be the external political outside guy, the schmoozer, the talker," says a friend who has known both men long enough to use first names. "And George lets Dick run the machine. George would be bored by process. He understands it. He manipulates it. But he doesn't want to live in it. George gets energy from interacting with people, like...