The whole family had high hopes that the bright young Jim would go into politics, as his grandfather had done, and perhaps reclaim the governorship someday. But he lacked the winning charm of his father. More simply put, Jim did not enjoy other people—or they him—in the way that those who succeed in politics do. His bearing was “austere,” a later colleague explained; while he was “a good person”—a man of integrity—he was also “one of the coldest people I have ever met.” A solitary child in his formative years, he would describe himself, toward the end of his life, as “always an outsider.” At
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