things that was striking to me is that the clinton white house, even during that time was able to continue to do what it was doing in terms of the presidency. it was almost amazing that he could be focused on moving his agenda while defending himself. so a chief of staff would be, in many ways, expected to be able to help guide this president, who his own former secretary of state now says he doesn t read that much, he s not disciplined. how do you manage through this when his own secretary of state implies how unmanageable he is, not knowing the responsibilities of the office. we re looking at the most indisciplined presidency in the history of our nation possibly because there are people who aren t public servants who don t understand how government runs. these are institutions. there s norms, culture, a history.