Robert C.Byrd

摘要

Three decades ago, Saturday mornings were taken up with Robert C. Byrd's news conferences. They were a bit bizarre, sprinkled with reporters from publications you'd never heard of-one regular was from a Turkish news agency-and the socially awkward Senate Majority Leader would wander into strange asides. Some of us supposedly more urbane mainstream reporters were dismissive: What self-respecting politician held Saturday sessions? It gradually dawned on us that he often was setting the agenda for the Sunday television interview shows and the week ahead, framing issues more effectively than the White House.