Many senators have developed a canny sense of what will play best for the audience.
To get it first is important - but more important is to get it right.
Never refuse an assignment except when there is a conflict of interest, a potential of danger to you or your family, or you hold a strongly biased attitude about the subject under focus.
Being a novelty had its advantages.
A press card does not provide you with an invisible shield. You're flesh and blood.
Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians.