The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is president.
Well, what did we buy? Instead of a leaner, smarter government, we bought a bureaucracy that now tells us which light bulbs to buy, and which will put 16,500 IRS agents in charge of policing President Obama's health care bill.
Even before Watergate and his resignation, Nixon had inspired conflicting and passionate emotions.