You can get awful famous in this country in seven days.

Hart’s line wryly captures the speed and volatility of American political and media attention. “Awful famous” suggests notoriety as much as admiration: a person can become nationally known almost overnight, not necessarily through achievement but through a sudden news cycle, scandal, debate moment, or media narrative. The “seven days” timeframe underscores how quickly reputations can be made (or unmade) in a mass-media environment, where a single week of headlines can redefine a public figure. Read in light of modern campaigning, it also hints at the compressed tempo of politics—rapid shifts in momentum, the power of television and press coverage, and the public’s appetite for dramatic, simplified stories.