It's a mantra on Capitol Hill that nobody ever lost a race because of their stance on campaign finance reform. In fact, they can be found in the same corridor in Miller Library, which Maisel points out when he gets a press query better suited to one of his colleagues. I say, 'Look. You've got one of the country's leading experts on my campus two doors away from me. For the nation's political writers, Corrado, Mackenzie and Maisel are go-to guys on Rolodexes that hold names and numbers of literally thousands of sources.
Some sources are political staffers or consultants.
Others are academics, used to add perspective and weight to news stories. You don't have the chance, oftentimes, to be very deep. It's really good to have somebody who you can go to very quickly who can help explain things.