In this 1996 photo taken in the White House, Bruce Reed and wife, Bonnie, are shown with their children, Bruce's mother, Mary Lou Reed, and then President Bill Clinton.
DFO: How in the world did a Clinton adviser spring up from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho?
BR: I come from the greatest political family anyone could ask for. My parents (Scott and former state Sen. Mary Lou Reed) loved politics for all the right reasons, because they care about the environment and expanding opportunities. For them, it has always been a cause more than a campaign. They taught me to love campaigns, too, even losing ones. I learned more about America trying to hand out Democratic bumper stickers to guys with pickup trucks and gun racks at the county fair than anything I ever learned in college or here in Washington.
D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.
BR: I come from the greatest political family anyone could ask for. My parents (Scott and former state Sen. Mary Lou Reed) loved politics for all the right reasons, because they care about the environment and expanding opportunities. For them, it has always been a cause more than a campaign. They taught me to love campaigns, too, even losing ones. I learned more about America trying to hand out Democratic bumper stickers to guys with pickup trucks and gun racks at the county fair than anything I ever learned in college or here in Washington.
