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    What Kind of Person Runs for President?

    This year's presidential nominating process is longer, and arguably more grueling, than any in history. As we've heard so often, there has never been a day like today. Who is willing to put up with months of campaigning, day after day, under the eyes of cameras almost 24/7? Who wants to be in the White House? We get two perspectives.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    This year's presidential nominating process is longer, and arguably more grueling, than any in history. As we've heard so often, there has never been a day like today. Who is willing to put up with months of campaigning, day after day, under the eyes of cameras almost 24/7? Who wants to be in the White House? We get two perspectives. Stephen Hess served on the White House staffs of Presidents Eisenhower and Nixon and was an advisor to both Carter and Ford. Drew Weston is a professor of psychology at Emory University.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Dan Konecky

      Producer, To the Point

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      Karen Radziner

      Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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      Stephen Hess

      Brookings Institution

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      Drew Westen

      Professor of Psychology, Emory University

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    The full episode

    3 of 3
    Super Tuesday: In the Eyes of the Rest of the World
    1. 1:36Super Tuesday Comes To a Head
    2. 7:37View from Around the World
    3. 41:46What Kind of Person Runs for President?You’re reading this
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