Reply #22: Thomas Jefferson never had to deal with the media age

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There is nothing wrong with being an introvert. It just makes for a tough road if you want to be a politician. Jefferson started the tradition of state of the union addresses not being read by the president which lasted until Roosevelt. He was a poor public speaker but could get away with it given the politics of the time. The only recent president who was an introvert was Nixon.

I still remember Hart's events in Iowa way post reentry before the FEC story you mentioned. They were not looking promising and I had a feeling he was not going to have a good showing come caucus night and he didn't, less than 1% as I recall. I don't think it was the FEC story that did him in. People had just moved on.