think they re both pretty detached from politics. they re both in politics for the right reason. the thing that i find most similar about them, they are the two least material presidential candidates i ve ever covered. they are even tempered. they rarely get mad at their staff. they rarely get caught up in the daily media political freak show. very focused on what they want to do. i won t name names but there are a lot of people who ran for president recently who get a lot more caught up on what s on cable tv, and those guys do not. you also have the specter of two fathers here in their lives. completely different. although both romney s father was born in mexico, obama s father in kenya. but, romney is the youngest member of the family, just adored and worships his father. and barack didn t know his dad. and was probably lucky that he never lived with him. that s another lesson in my book. there s a picture from a visit when the only time he really saw him. when he was 10
just abo adored and worshipped father. and barack didn t know his dad. and was probably lucky that he never lived with him. that s another lesson in my book. there s a picture from a visit when the only time he really saw him. when he was 10 years old. speaking about fathers and father s day i wanted to end with a very interesting reflection about father s day. i did a press pass interview this week and i sat down with former major league pitcher jim abbott who was born, as you might recall, with one hand and was an inspiration to so many who saw him take the mound and overcome adversity to become one of the great pitchers, even pitched the no-hitter back in 1993 when he was with the yankees. we talked about his new book when we sat down imperfect: an improbable life in which he cites his parents and specifically his dad for instilling some very important lessons. you know, this book in a lot of ways, it had a lot of different motivations, but one of them was to say thank