I wished my dad, Lionel, were alive. I remembered the day I called to tell him to turn on the television because Al Gore was going to make a big announcement about me. When he balked at that, I told him that Al Gore was going to announce that I was his campaign manager, the first black woman to run a presidential campaign. My father was unimpressed. He said, “It’s just a job.” I felt sad that I didn’t have him to call now.
