The Heartthrob

Opaque and fascinated with his own boredom, Bill Bradley absorbs everyone else’s stories while he hoards his own. How can a candidate so cool to the touch light such a fire in his party?

February 1 2000 CHARLES P. PIERCE Martin Schoeller
The Heartthrob

Opaque and fascinated with his own boredom, Bill Bradley absorbs everyone else’s stories while he hoards his own. How can a candidate so cool to the touch light such a fire in his party?

February 1 2000 CHARLES P. PIERCE Martin Schoeller


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