Power was something with a time limit.
While it was still effective, you could use it to do many things.
But once power had passed its expiration date, if you still wanted to use it, you had to pay a heavy price.
For example...
Wealth!
Unless something unexpected happened, even if Mr. President won reelection, he would retire four years later and leave politics forever.
He might, like other presidents, refuse to accept a quiet life and form a Campaign Team to help others run for office.
Or he might use the influence he had once wielded to become a Broker.
However, few people chose the latter. After all, once they had lost their power, their personal connections became much less valuable, making it difficult to stir up the political winds.
He would become a marginal man who was not on the margins.
If he still wanted his children and relatives to take power smoothly, he would have to pay a heavy price.
But he no longer needed to do so. The Progressive Party Committee Chairman had promised to make his young nephew an extraordinary man, or at least a senator.
Along with the rest of his family, they would all have a glorious future. That was a good thing for the entire family.
Therefore, he did not oppose Mr. Delphi's suggestion. He did not resist and tacitly accepted the outcome.
Now that he had said it aloud, he felt especially relaxed. He had thought he had stopped caring long ago, but only at this moment did he realize that he had never truly let go.
Mr. Truman's face gained a few smiles—genuine smiles. "I'm still missing a Deputy..."
He was hinting that Mr. President could let his young nephew serve as his Deputy first. Starting out in politics from