I think it would be great fun to sit down and talk with Helen Thomas. The 82-year-old White House correspondent began working in the news business before I was born. Intelligence and hard work made her a respected figure in a man’s world. As a reporter she asked tough questions but censured her own opinions. After she became a columnist in 2000, she once said, “Now I wake up and ask myself, ‘Who do I hate today?’”

I hope the fact that I like Helen Thomas is a positive reflection on my character, but I don’t really know for sure.