IN THE AVALANCHE OF ADVICE CROSSing the President-elect's desk, there is a dearth of guidance on truly crucial matters -- like whether dressing as if you're going to church is necessary for the photo op boarding Marine One for the hop to Camp David. Statecraft may define a presidency, but so will small acts at the margin. Who knows? If Richard Nixon hadn't dressed the White House guards like Prussian police, he might have survived Watergate. There would have been no need for the fashion-obsessed Nancy Reagan to debase herself at a Gridiron Club dinner dressed up like a bag lady...
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