I'm told the band on the Titanic played well right to the very end.
Walter Russell Mead, Wall Street Journal
... It is not merely that his high-wire act supports and intensifies the
drama and excitement that made him the dominant figure in American and
then global politics for the past decade. It is also that his ability,
real or perceived, to change the course of world politics on a whim
increases his leverage at home and abroad. When a man can make war or
peace, promote or block trade, make you rich or freeze you out, other
people do what they can to stay on his good side. ...
