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By William K. Black

No one can know the strengths and weaknesses of an elected official as well as his close aides.  The official, unintentionally, reveals a great deal about himself when he chooses those aides.  It is also the relatively smaller things that are most telling about character.  How do the official and his aides react not to moments of crisis but to the routine disappointments inherent in life?  How does he routinely use power?  What level of empathy do the official and his aides demonstrate in day-to-day life?  Does he and do his aides care about all the citizens or only their political supporters?

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