“ One of the things that I’m going to have to work through is how to break through the isolation — the bubble that exists around the president. I’m in the process of negotiating with the Secret Service, with lawyers, with White House staff … to figure out how can I get information from outside of the 10 or 12 people who surround my office in the White House. One of the worst things I think that could happen to a president is losing touch with what people are going through day to day … I want to make sure that I keep my finger on the pulse of the struggles that people are going through every day.”
Barack Obama
