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(CNN)“All political careers end in failure” was the famous saying of British politician Enoch Powell.
It is a very memorable phrase because it highlights one of the fundamental laws of politics — that there is such a thing as political gravity.
However high you fly, you will eventually fall to earth. Tony Blair was one of the most popular British prime ministers in history, but his reputation has yet to recover from the aftermath of the Iraq War.
President Obama ended his two terms in office with high approval ratings but is now seeing his legacy dismantled after his party failed to win a third consecutive term in office.
The watchword of leadership should always be “Beware!” — you always have less time than you think. Less time to achieve radical change. Less time to assemble coalitions of support. Less time until the shine comes off you.
President Trump’s defeat of Hillary Clinton did not rewrite the laws of politics; it simply revealed that if you have the wrong message and the wrong model of the electorate, then you will not mobilize enough voters in the right places to win.
Mr. Trump triumphed because his team knew that and Clinton’s didn’t. You have to win according to the rules of the contest — gaining a majority of the Electoral College rather than the one of the popular vote.
In similar fashion, dogged, old-fashioned questions from a journalist can draw blood. Misleading the media, it turns out, is as bad in the era of the tweeting President as it was in that of the President as Orator-in-Chief. Authority depends not only on mandate but also on protocol and performance.
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