Women Communicate Differently And Process Information Differently,

The Press Never Accepts At Face Value That The President Is Taking A Certain Action Because He Wants To Create Jobs Or Because He Believes That It Is In The Best Interests Of The American People Or That He Is Genuinely Committed To Making Life Better For People.

You As The Press Secretary Have To Protect The President's Interests And The White House's Interests More Broadly. And A Lot Of People Inside The White House, As You Learned, Sometimes With Painful Experience, Have Competing Agendas, Have Differing Points Of View, Have Priorities They're Trying To Protect.

President Clinton Intentionally Created A Structure That Was A Little Loose. And One That Kept Him A Little In The Center. He Didn't Want One Person Filtering All The Information That Went To Him. He Had Always Operated With A Lot Of Information Coming In And A Lot Of Stuff Going Out.

Clinton Had Absolutely Zero Honeymoon, None Whatsoever.

While Eschewing Emotion - And Its Companion, Vulnerability - Obama Should Be Careful Not To Sacrifice Empathy, The 'i Feel Your Pain' Connection That Sustained Clinton. This Connection Is The Shorthand People Use To Measure Their Leaders' Intentions. If People Believe You're On Their Side, They Will Trust Your Decisions.