When Candace Brinkman arrived at the party convention in Denver, it was with more than enough votes to deliver the nomination. Plus, she had the money and the machine - and a ten-point lead in the polls - to win the general election and send her to the White House. But then Life intervened, and suddenly the trademark control that had gotten her this far began to crack. Some of the people she thought she could count on to follow her without question were now confronting her with the truth...a truth she didn't want to hear.