Circumstances in the world of politics contribute substantially to whether or not you can be successful.
Dressing is a matter of taste, and I've met very few Republicans with good taste.
In politics, a lie unanswered becomes truth within 24 hours.
Mayors are judged by results.
The public still ultimately determines what happens to you politically, by virtue of the casting of their vote ... and you cannot ever predict what will move the public in one direction or another.
Caen's San Francisco may not be the city we remember, but it is the city we want to remember.