For Jack Kennedy, who only made campaigning LOOK easy, it was, in fact, anything but.

Jack had an actor's control." Chuck Spalding

While JFK had made the sale on a political level, he had not yet completed it on an emotional one.

A lot of people here some South in your mouth, and they automatically think you're dumb. They think if you talk funny, you are funny. – Lloyd Hand

Be civilized. Grudges are for Neanderthals. – Hubert Humphrey

What we saw in Richard Nixon's face was the panic in his soul. – Richard Goodwin