basically said that his children were the deciding vote against another campaign. While he did talk to Teddy, Kara, and me a lot about whether or not to run, in retrospect I think the press was encouraged to overplay this—almost as if we were making the decision and not my father. Since I had already learned quite a bit about politics, I vaguely understood then—and better understand now—what was really going on. The whole idea of asking us what we thought has really been misinterpreted by people who don’t understand politics.
