Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 191
Blue Wave Update
Just published: First Friends: The Powerful, Unsung (And Unelected) People Who Shaped Our Presidents by Gary Ginsberg.
The author, who was part of the vetting team for Bill Clinton’s running mate in 1992, writes in the Daily Beast about when he realized Al Gore had no friends.
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