Wolf on a leash

Public advocate Betsy Gotbaum's press secretary quit because he is a "campaign junkie" and she wasn't letting him see enough combat. In this item at least he comes off as an ambitious, sly, competitive obsessive who can't stand sitting on the bench. The whole time he worked for Gotbaum he was frustrated by her reluctance to engage with the press and let him do his thing, and as soon as he found out that she wasn't going to run for reelection -- that there was no campaign to look forward to if he stayed with her -- he immediately quit. I thought guys like this were imaginary, or extinct.