This is a bizzare sort of image of leadership:

"I went to 24 Sussex and the media were waiting outside," Klein recalled. Harper looked out and said 'I bet you feel the same way about the media as I do,' which is to say he doesn’t like them. I told him he should accommodate the reporters," Klein said. "You can’t antagonize them or they’ll look for the worse in you without mercy. And if you lie to them, they’ll find out you."

Given that a free and independent press is a cornerstone of democracy, what does such a conversation mean? Or is it just a matter of comfort, that you could exchange the words "the left", "judges", "Europe" or any other number of boogiemen that persons of a certain conviction can convince themselves conspiratorially combine to keep one's popularity at the low 30% range.