I got a huge break in the winter of 1988, when Newsweek assigned me to spend a full five days with then presidential candidate (and current VP) George H. Bush. Five days on assignment back then was a big deal for me. It might have been my longest political assignment up to that point.
Monday morning I jumped on the press bus in New Hampshire and realized things were a bit strange (though I couldn’t put my finger on it). So I sat down…
