Deputy communications director is a great job. It’s one most people in Washington would kill for, but it’s not the one I wanted. I wanted to be communications director. That was the job I had on the campaign, and that was the job I had on the presidential transition. I was only thirty-three at the time and had never done more than make copies and file documents in the White House, so I knew it was certainly not a guarantee that I would get the top communications job, but I thought I had a shot.
