It was the summer of 1984.
Mondale was 56 at the time, Reagan 73.
After allI remember every cause and campaign as well as I do my wardrobe and my favorite runways.
SUFFRAGETTE CITYThe author, photographed by Sylvia Plachy during the 1984 election season, gets ready to work the landlines.
But back to McCain!
His machinations were futilethe election saw the highest voter turnout in four decades, and Obama ran the table.
But stick aroundthis is why politics are so fascinating!
Years later, an ailing McCain would play a pivotal role in saving Obamacare.
2016
As ever, I hosted an election-returns party at my apartment.
I do remember, as the night wore on, several of my friends dissolving into tears.
More than a few were drunk.
Oh, to be in Paris, far, far away, when the unbelievable happened!
Melania, in a white Ralph Lauren jumpsuit, looked as stunned as I was.
