You Win Some You Lose Some: High-ranking Vermonters remember their low points

In an election season, the parameters of failure take on a special poignancy: Some people are going to be losers. Publicly. Anyone who actually runs for office must have unshakeable self-confidence, you would assume. After all, the job requires lots of public speaking — the number-one phobia of humankind — and the kind of nothing-is-sacred…