Kaila Brown, Post 2

Henry Burton has been confronted with many different situations that have lessened his respect for Stanton. But despite all of this Burton stills supports Stanton. I think that Burton stays with Stanton because he feels a sense of sorrow for Stanton. Stanton has been through a lot these past few chapters. In chapter 4, Stanton falls in the polls significantly due to an accusation. Then in chapter 5, they lose the New Hampshire primary, while they were happy that it wasn’t a landslide of a loss, it is still a loss. Then in chapter 6, in a poll asking if Stanton was trustworthy enough to be president 38% said no. In addition to that in a head-to—head with Harris, Harris beat him 24 to 8 on who was more "more thoughtful on the issues". Burton understands that Stanton has hard time and is slightly sympathetic to him. Stanton really respects Burton. Jack Stanton told Burton that he was family to them. If he were to leave the campaign, Stanton would be devastated and it would be another upset. It would be an additional downer for Stanton. Also Burton will not break his commitment to Stanton (says this in chapter 5 when eating with his parents). Burton doesn’t particularly enjoy the campaigning life but will not back down to a promise. Burton may refuse to break a commitment, because he saw commitments broken while his was an aide.