Lippmann was very good at staying young, at not aging and becoming a prisoner of his past experiences.

Nixon under pressure turned only to reporters from publications already favorable to him; Kennedy, in trouble, turned to those most critical and dubious of him, and if anything tended to take those already for him a bit for granted.

his was a profession in which a good leader constantly had to adapt to new weapons, whether he liked them or not,

His failure to adapt to new techniques, to pander (his own word), probably made his supporters love him all the more, and probably also narrowed his political base.