If, at some point before the lights in the Kennedy Center’s commodious Eisenhower Theater dim, you wonder why am I here you may be forgiven. Ann Richards was, after all, a one-term Governor, a liberal Democrat in a deeply conservative state who was elected principally because of the ineptness of her opponent. It is, in a way, the Bob Ehrlich story in reverse, and nobody’s going to write a one-actor play about him. Part of the answer – which you will see for yourself in ten minutes when you go to the show – is this: you are here to see this rare and remarkable thing, a candid politician, who will show you the inner workings of one of the most fascinating professions in the world. And the rest of the answer is – well, wait, and let me tell you. [Read more...]