coming up on "q&a" virginia postrel. ♪ ," bloomberg on "q&a columnist and author virginia postrel discusseser book, "the power of glamour: longing and the art of visual persuasion." , author of postrel ine power of glamour," history, from your perspective, which political figure is the most glamorous? >> wow, that is a really hard question. great is ahe candidate. napoleon is a candidate. figures,current obviously, in history. somebody werson is remember as a glamorous figure. some ways,ington in and, of course, in recent history, more recent history, president kennedy is somebody associated with glamour. kennedyould president be associated with glamour and someone like ronald reagan would not? >> i think ronald reagan was. somebody who was both glamorous and charismatic, which is fairly unusual in a politician, but the main reason he was not as glamorous as president kennedy is that he did not die. he took an assassin's bullet. it is part of what makes kennedy so glamorous, that we remember him as his life cut short and the potential that could have been, so he was glamorous in his day, be

of glamour: longing and the art of visual persuasion." >> virginia postrel, author of "the power oflamour," in history, from your perspective, which political figure is the most glamorous? >> wow, that is a really hard question. alexander the great is a

: longing and the art of visual persuasion." , author of postrel ine power of glamour," history, fromr perspective, which political figure is the most glamorous? >> wow, that is a really hard question.

of glamour: longing and the art of visual persuasion." >> virginia postrel, author of "the power of glamour," in history, from your perspective, which political figure is the most glamorous? >> wow, that is a really hard question. alexander the great is a candidate. napoleon is a candidate. not just current figures, obviously, in history. thomas jefferson is somebody we remember as a glamorous figure. george washington in some ways, and, of course, in recent history, more recent history, president kennedy is somebody