"Smart people wont, but there aren't many of them in any society, and politicians live by the numbers."

(Many politicians have admitted that much and lived to run another day.)

New Jersey's politicians of today live with the legacy of an age that put its faith in strong executive power.

So much for the maxim that politicians live by the polls - or the advice of their handlers.

Everybody loves to hate them, but politicians can't live without them because they need money to get their message out.

I don't need to say which group the politicians live in.

Very few politicians of recent years have lived in simpler surroundings and with less show of luxury.

But politicians can't live without them, because they need money to get their message out.

Most politicians live by a "don't ask, don't tell" policy, she said.

"That is the world in which politicians must live."