At this time of year, most people across the country are thinking about Christmas traditions, while in Washington, people are contemplating Christmas transitions. No matter how much I want to deny it, Al Gore and I have a lot in common. It turns out that Al Gore wasn't the only one to lose his job with the election of George Bush. So did some 7,000 other executive branch employees who came in with the Clinton-Gore administration. The day after the U.S. Supreme Court decided that George W. Bush would be our next president, they joined Al Gore in the job-search sector of our economy.
Live TV has all the excitement of working on a high wire without a net.
And I can't say I won't miss it. And those times require the same kind of teamwork that a well-trained Marine rifle company employs in the accomplishment of a mission. In short, it was a great experience. And now it's over. If I'd had my way, it would have continued.