"I have been a practitioner of tough politics for many decades. There is little that amazes me and even less that shocks me."
"By the time you get to year six, there's never a break . . . and you get tired. There's always a crisis. It wears you down. This has been a White House that hasn't really had much change at all. There is a fatigue factor that builds up. You sometimes don't see the crisis approaching. You're not as on guard as you once were."
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Source: Senior White House Staff May Be Wearing Down by Peter Baker, www.washingtonpost.com. March 13, 2006.
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