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The secret behind Hillary Clinton's steely temperament
For all our talk of policy, there's a key Presidential attribute that can't be sussed out of position papers or stump speeches: temperament.
OPINION: "A president's temperament is his most important quality," Slate's John Dickerson wrote in 2012. Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates agreed, telling MSNBC, "temperament is the most important quality a President needs to have."
Donald Trump's deficient temperament is recognized as a big campaign liability (though he,