Holland Taylor's Lone Star Ann Richards, alive, kicking, governing
Given the choice, Americans of all political stripes generally prefer their leaders not to have been groomed for greatness, nor to find their greatest comfort in briefing papers or bankers. A history involving hard work and the land — the tougher, the better — is preferred, as is the ability not just to be at ease with all different kinds of folks, but, yet more crucially, to know how to make ordinary peo…