CHAPTER THIRTY
05:45 p.m.
United States Naval Observatory – Washington, DC
“How are we doing?” Susan said.
She and Pierre sat in the study together, holding hands. They hadn’t watched any of the TV coverage of the simulated news conference they had given earlier. Pierre was willing to turn it on, but Susan couldn’t bear it.
Kat stood in front of them, wielding her tablet. She had just come into the room.
Kat nodded. “Things look good. Our early telephone polling suggests the response has been very favorable.”
“Give us the highlights,” Susan said.
“Well, overall, the speech has a seventy-one percent favorability rating, with just sixteen percent unfavorable, and thirteen percent undecided. Your physical appearance had far and away the highest rating.”
“We asked questions about my p
