Power Curve

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“General, please stand back.”

Robert Bender gave the Secret Service agent a cold look. After seven months, the institutional paranoia of the Secret Service was wearing thin, and he was tired of being moved around like a piece of unwanted furniture. But all very necessary, he rationalized. He stepped farther back into the wings where he could still see the vice president standing at the podium. He split his attention, watching the agents and listening to the speech.

“…this administration is one hundred percent dedicated to the advancement of equal rights.” A loud round of sustained applause echoed over the stage. Turner’s telling the delegates what they want to hear, Bender thought, like any good politician. Most of the audience had bought into the vice president’s carefully constructed image as “the most intelligent and engaging personality in American politics.” The “engaging” he agreed with.

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