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No Way to Pick a President
How Money and Hired Guns Have Debased American Elections
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Artikel-Nr:
9780415930314
Veröffentl:
2001
Erscheinungsdatum:
28.03.2001
Seiten:
320
Autor:
Jules Witcover
Gewicht:
431 g
Format:
227x154x22 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Jules Witcover, a nationally syndicated columnist for TheBaltimore Sun, has been covering Washington politics for almost half a century. He is the author of ten books, including the best-seller Marathon, about the 1976 Carter/Ford race. He is also the co-author of four works with Jack Germond.
For all the confusion and frustration over the way the 2000 presidential election ended, it did serve the useful purpose of proving how far things have gone wrong. Veteran reporter Jules Witcover has covered every presidential election since Eisenhower and in No Way to Pick a President, he blasts the current system, from the money-drenched, front-loaded primaries to Election Day itself. Sharp, revealing, and rich with presidential history, No Way to Pick a President takes a journey through the debased thickets of presidential campaigning and concludes with an intelligent set of prescriptions to improve the way America selects its leaders.
Introduction: Then and Now 1. Me for President 2. The Era of the Hired Gun 3. Television Raises the States 4. Main Street to Madison Avenue 5. Sour Mother's Milk 6. Anything Goes 7. The 800-Pound Gorilla 8. Watchdogs and Laptops 9. A Process Gone Berzerk 10. Coronations, Not Conventions 11. Rolling the Dice 12. The Grand Facade 13. Moments of Truth 14. An Accident Waiting to Happen 15. Whither the Parties? 16. Time for an overhaul Bibliography Index