Mr. D'Amato, the author of "Power, Pasta and Politics," relished the role of power broker before Mr. Schumer defeated him in 1998.
"Nuclear power is the most efficient energy source we have," said Gwyneth Cravens, author of "Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Power".
"Failure is the price of being on the bleeding edge, on the forefront of something you take pride in," said Gretchen Rubin, author of "Power, Money, Fame, Sex" (Pocket Books).
Amanda Little is a writer-in-residence at Vanderbilt University and the author of "Power Trip: The Story of America's Love Affair with Energy".
"The biggest risk factor is being female," says Sandra Horley, Refuge's Chief Executive and author of Power And Control, Why Charming Men Can Make Dangerous Lovers.
Dr. James B. Maas, the author of "Power Sleep" (Villard Books, 1998), says that even people who are not sleep-deprived can benefit from a short daily nap.
But William G. Howell, a University of Chicago political science professor and author of "Power Without Persuasion: The Politics of Direct Presidential Action," said Mr. Obama's use of executive power to advance domestic policies that could not pass Congress was not new historically.
"It was really coals to Newcastle, to bring celebrities to Obama," said Ron Brownstein, the political director of Atlantic Media and author of "Power and the Glitter," a book about the Washington-Hollywood nexus.
"Even with a prepackaged bankruptcy, BP's brand is permanently tainted," said Robert Bryce, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of "Power Hungry: The Myths of 'Green' Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future".
"You need to have an internal and external P.R. strategy," said Jeffrey Pfeffer, professor of organizational behavior at Stanford's business school and author of "Power: Why Some People Have It — and Others Don't" (HarperBusiness, 2010).
"We are at a transformational moment in terms of our potential as a country, and we have two candidates playing rope-a-dope," said David Rothkopf, author of "Power, Inc".
