Books of Political campaigns
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Anyone Can Grow Up: How George Bush and I Made it to the White House
By Margaret CarlsonIs the United States prepared to have a Marshall Plan for the Middle East ? Bush never squarely faced the question of how much treasure and troops the country would expend in the cause of an Iraqi democracy . We've expended almost none ...
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The Obama Revolution
By Alan Kennedy-ShafferLarry J. Sabato (New York: Pearson Longman, 2006), 277. 3 David Lublin, The Republican South: Democratization and Partisan Change (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004), 218. 4 Ibid. 5 Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallsten, ...
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The Battle for America, 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election
By Daniel J. BalzThey reveal the strategic mistakes of the Clinton campaign and the story behind Obama's breakthrough organization. They cover McCain's struggle for survival in the Republican primaries, Sarah Palin, and the economic meltdown.
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Dirty Little Secrets: The Persistence of Corruption in American Politics
By Larry Sabato, Glenn R. SimpsonThe Persistence of Corruption in American Politics Larry Sabato, Glenn R. Simpson ... ( New York : Simon and Schuster , 1977 ) ; and Sam J. Ervin , The Whole Truth : The Watergate Conspiracy ( New York : Random House , 1980 ) . 18.
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The Dancer's Dead
By Barbara Ann RadnofskyThe Amarillo press conference was held at the law offices of Hoffman, Sheffield, Sausedo, and Hoffman. All three television network affiliates covered our press conference discussing "The Costs Of Corruption," including higher taxes, ...
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Presidential Elections and American Politics: Voters, Candidates, and Campaigns Since 1952
By Herbert B. AsherSome observers claim that the actual amount of funds spent is relatively small , given , for example , the great expenditures on advertising of commercial products . Herbert E. Alexander notes that inherent features of election ...
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Chain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes on American Politics
By Thomas Byrne Edsall, Mary D. EdsallChain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes on American Politics
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House: Foolhardiness, Folly, and Fraud in Presidential Elections from Andrew...
By David E. Johnson, Johnny Ray JohnsonA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House: Foolhardiness, Folly, and Fraud in Presidential Elections from Andrew...
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The Message Matters: The Economy and Presidential Campaigns
By Lynn VavreckWhat emerged from the decades of work on voting behavior and the rebirth of campaign studies in the 1980s was a proliferation of miscellany—and a stark lack of any theoretical focus (although see Popkin 1991; Johnston et al.1992; ...
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Scamp of Saltillo
By Peggy WebbWhy do you think I've worked like a Trojan all day campaigning against you ? " “ Because you want to give me a run for my money ? " “ Because I plan to beat you . " They both lay back in the hay and watched the stars track across the ...
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Can She Be Stopped?: Hillary Clinton Will Be the Next President of the United States Unless...
By John PodhoretzHagel has spent the Bush years finding fault with very nearly every Bush policy under the sun—which is par for the course for Hagel, who clearly confuses his own wisdom on all matters worldly ...
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From the Front Porch to the Front Page: McKinley and Bryan in the 1896 Presidential Campaign
By William D. HarpineBeyond adding depth and detail to the scholarly understanding of the 1896 presidential campaign itself (and especially the “Cross of Gold” speech), this book casts light on the importance of historical perspective in understanding ...
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The Election
By Richard Warren Field“ Hypothetically , Senator Parker , soon - to - be President Parker , suppose the method used to gain this information is illegal ? Would you still want to know how we're getting it ? " “ Hypothetically ? ” Parker squinted uncomfortably ...
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DEMOCRATS and Other Suspects 2004-08
By James ClarkAlso, it might be thought in some places that Jackson turned the funeral into a political rally like Senator Harkin did at ... that might have been the model for the DEAN SCREAM introduced by the DNC chair in Harkin's state last year.
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Kennedy V. Nixon: The Presidential Election of 1960
By Edmund F. KallinaKallina examines the facts and myths surrounding the 1960 Presidential election in his exploration of one of the closest Presidential races in American history.
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Never Trust a Local: Inside the Nixon White House
By Charles Edward StuartThis is a collection of the stories that contribute to the drama of a campaign, of views from Pennsylvania Avenue, and with them some opinions on several White House personalities. * Charles Stuart joined Richard Nixon's campaign staff in ...
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Robert and the Class President
By Barbara SeulingRobert helps his friend Paul in his campaign to become class president.
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Grumpy Old Party: 20 Tips on How the Republicans Can Shed Their Anger, Reclaim Their Respectability, and Win Back the...
By Constantinos E. ScarosGOP may as well have stood for Grumpy Old Party. But all is not lost. Constantinos Scaros identifies 20 tips that will help the party move beyond recent losses, reclaim their respectability, and win.
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Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72
By Hunter S. ThompsonAn unorthodox account of the US presidential electoral process in all its madness and corruption.
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Groundbreakers: How Obama's 2.2 Million Volunteers Transformed Campaigning in America
By Elizabeth McKenna, Hahrie HanThis book describes how they did it.