As with the Arthurian tale it evokes,

If you see the magic in a fairy tale, you can face the future.

There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff, enough seats, sandwiches and briefings and the ability to understand deadlines.

He has not yet become an elder statesman, though his foreign policy credentials are considerable, but he is certainly our ancient mariner, forever tugging at our sleeve to let him tell his tale of what really happened.

Politics as battle has given way to politics as spectacle.

Increasingly, I realized that I could not merely tell his story. Rather, I would have to tell my story about him.