The Drama of Politics

Studio 360

Lawrence O’Donnell has worked on political campaigns and as a Senate staffer; he turned that Washington know-how into prime time glory as a writer for The West Wing. With Super Tuesday looming, Kurt Andersen asks O’Donnell about the quality every successful candidate — real or fictional — must have to win the hearts of Americans.

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