As a young political geek, Matt Latimer dreamed of one day heading to Washington to work for a conservative president and usher in another Reagan Revolution. With the support of his slightly mortified liberal parents, he tried to do just that -- but his youthful exuberance began to cool as he moved up the rungs of power. On Capitol Hill he worked for a Congressman who βmisrememberedβ basic facts, assisted a U.S. Senator who hid from his own staff, and met another who cowed her male aides into carrying her purse.Β Finally ensconced in the White House as one of George W. Bushβs chief speechwriters, he soon realized that the post wasnβt at all what heβd envisioned. Less like Aaron Sorkinβs βThe West Wingβ and more like NBCβs βThe Office,β D.C.βs most prestigious address turned out to be a bizarro world in which the major players were in some ways mirror opposites of their public images.Β
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