Leadership in an Age of Political Conflict Program at the Library of Congress - Compton, Axelrod, Rove

We don’t usually drive to DC during rush hour for obvious reasons. But we wanted to attend the program about “Leadership in an Age of Political Conflict” at the Library of Congress that started at 6:30 PM. So we headed out at 4:45 because having a ticket didn’t guarantee a seat. It took an hour to go ten miles. We have attended many programs at the Library and feel comfortable navigating around it since I worked there for ten years. I knew it would be packed, and it was. The “new” Librarian Carla Hayden stood a few steps from our seats, and was the first to introduce the panel of Ann Compton, David Axelrod, and Karl Rove. Since both my husband and I are political junkies we were already familiar with all of the participants and their general approach and tone on their take of events today. The program was sponsored by the Kluge Center and the Daniel Inouye Dustinguished Lecture Series and was being broadcast in Hawaii. I’m always looking for programs to attend at the Library. It was an annoying ride in, but the program was worth going to. I was hoping to see the Apollo spacecraft on the Washington Monument on the way home, but it wasn’t going to be illuminated until 9:30 PM. I guess that means another trip to DC tonight.