Unlike, say, Ronald Reagan, or the Bush and Clinton families, who have been through the ringer so often that they can dust themselves off at the end of a fight and go on being friends, candidates closer to home are unused to political warfare.
They also rely on campaigns or friends of candidates distributing books at events – a 300-page hardcover party favour.
Mr. White may not apply the same cleareyed scrutiny to his friend the candidate, though, that he does to campaign operations.
If only you could know the person I know is a recurring lament among friends of candidates who, for whatever reason, have been deemed deficient on the likable-relatable scale.
I've written before about how as more and more of this stuff becomes public, we'll all become much more blasé about the youthful indiscretions of others, be they friends, political candidates or prospective employees.
Here is the job description; please share it with appropriate friends and candidates.
Family members and friends of candidates have funded groups working to elect them.
Donald Trump has blamed "thugs" and supporters of "our communist friend," Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders, for the protests that forced him to cancel his rally in Chicago on Friday night.
The citywide elections draw nigh, friends, and candidates are packing in as much campaigning as they can in these final days.
This cycle, voter suppression was most egregious in Georgia, where Secretary of State Brian Kemp engineered a massive effort to suppress black votes on behalf of his close friend, gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp.
