'Absolutely Brutal': Why White House Runs Aren't For Everyone
Few things in life are more personal or emotional than the death of a parent. For the family of George H.W. Bush this past week, that experience was fodder for wall-to-wall TV news coverage and the front page of every newspaper.
As the patriarch of the Bush family was laid to rest, the ceremonies served as a glaring example of how the families of presidents — and presidential candidates — sign away their privacy at the start of a campaign.
It's a trade-off that dozens of Democrats are currently considering ahead of possible 2020 presidential campaigns. For one of them, those trade-offs proved too much.
"The process is cruel," former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick said Thursday, announcing . He explained that the way families are exposed in presidential campaigns was ultimately the
