The Political Bookstore
The Campaign Trail
"The voters
are the people who have spoken - the bastards."
-- Morris K. Udall
The Political Bookstore presents the best in first-hand accounts
from campaigns and elections around the world. We also feature selections that are
written from the inside of the halls of power in Washington and around the nation.
Click on the book cover for reviews, pricing, and to order!
| Michael Lewis turns his eye to the
peculiar method Americans use to choose their president. Beginning with the 1996 New
Hamp- shire primary, Lewis tagged along with players both major and minor. Keeping
his eyes open to the nuances of how campaigns are so carefully managed today, Lewis is
able to make some insightful, damning, and often hysterically funny observations. Our Price: $25.00 |
 Trail Fever Also by Lewis: |
| Modern political campaigns - and seemingly politics in
general--have devolved into a sort of circus, with many sideshow acts vying for the
position of ringleader. No election exemplifies this as clearly as the race for the
"big top": the White House. Syndicated columnist Roger Simon takes readers
behind the scenes of what is surely the greatest political show on earth, exploring the
1996 presidential campaign between the incumbent, Bill Clinton, and the Republican
candidate Bob Dole, and touching on other serious primary contenders such as Pat Buchanan,
Lamar Alexander, and Steve Forbes. In the vein of such campaign classics as Hunter S.
Thompson's Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 and the more recent Trail Fever by
Michael Lewis, Show Time reveals the true nature of those who help--or fail to help--their
guy rule the polls. List Price: $25.00 |
 Show
Time: The American Political Circus and the Race for the White |
 All Politics Is Local : And Other
Rules of the Game |
Tip O'Neill--member of the U.S. Congress for 40 years
and Speaker of the House for 10 years--was an American institution, known and loved across
the country. In All Politics Is Local he shares his secrets. Continuing in the tradition
of the bestselling Man of the House O'Neill's initmitable stories and irresistible style
show how politics really work. List Price: $7.95 |
| As a senatorial aide, presidential speechwriter, and
right-hand man to Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill, Christopher Matthews has seen it
all--now he tells all while revealing the political "hardball" played by some of
the great politicians. Matthews is currently Washington Bureau Chief for the San Francisco
Examiner. List Price: $13.00 |
 Hardball Also by Matthews: |
 Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign
Trail '72 Also by Thompson: |
With the same drug- addled alacrity and jaundiced wit
that made Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas a hilarious hit Hunter S. Thompson turns his
savage eye and gonzo heart to the repellent and seductive race for President. He
deconstructs the 1972 campaigns of idealist George McGovern and political hack Richard
Nixon, ending up with a political vision that is eerily prophetic. A classic! List Price: $7.99 |
| American History Editor's Recommended Book
The election of 1864, conducted as the Civil War raged, was perhaps the most significant presidential election ever. Abraham Lincoln, revered by many but also savaged by a partisan press and a contentious Congress, faced an opponent of complex and sometimes puzzling motives, General George McClellan. It's no exaggeration to say that the outcome of the election would not only influence the outcome of the war, but that it would affect the future direction of the U.S. John C. Waugh's Reelecting Lincoln, which reads like a novel filled with remarkable characters, provides a lucid narrative of the events. |
 Reelecting Lincoln: The
Battle for the 1864 Presidency See Also: |
 How to Win a Local Election: A
Complete Step-By-Step Guide |
There are approximately 537,000 elective offices.
Local elections are held every year. Following a chronology similar to a typical campaign,
this book lays out a detailed framework from the moment the candidate decides to run for elected office. Nothing is certain in politics, but this book will ensure an efficient and effective campaign. |
| The New York Times Book Review, Robin Toner - Lee Atwater, whose 1988 campaign for George Bush was emblematic of the politics and the era.... Mr Brady [captures] the Atwater personality: his hunger for the limelight, his almost preternatural energy level, his ability to both shamelessly use and utterly inspire the aides around him, his underlying insecurity.... Bad Boy ends up as a very simple tale about the limits of political power. |  Bad Boy: The Life |
 All's Fair : Love, War |
Now, in the most provocative look at the inside of a national election battle ever published, Matalin and Carville, the chief strategists for the Bush and Clinton pres- idential campaigns, tell their sides of the story, laying bare how poli- ticians and their cohorts really operate--and re- vealing how their romance flourished in the most unlikely cir- cumstances imaginable. |
| U. S. politicians have always welcomed media which will enhance their public image: receive a strong survey of how media-wise politicians have exploited computer- age media, and how shallow political images are being fostered by new media technology. An excellent survey of changing political climates and approaches. |  White House to |
 The Power Game: How Washington Works |
In his last big bestseller, Pulitzer Prize-winner Hedrick Smith shed light on the secret of The Russians. This time, he illuminates our own complex, often mysterious way of government. "The most sweeping and impressive portrait of the federal government to appear in many decades." --New York Times Book Review. |
| In a new third edition, Jamieson expands her authoritative analysis of political advertising, looking at the media campaigns of American presidents from the early days of the re- public to the successful 1992 Clinton campaign, and focusing, appro- priately, on the powerful media campaigns of the post-war period. |  Packaging the Presidency |
 Whatever It Takes: The Real Struggle |
With her access to back rooms and secret meetings, Drew reveals the strategies conserv- bative groups were willing to use to ensure a 1996 victory in the House, and demon- strates conclusively that the revelation of abuses of the finance laws by the Clinton team cost the Democrats the House. |
| "Winning Political Campaigns" is a how-to guide that gives you the basics for running for office. Its alphabetical format and checklists make it easy to use, and make running a credible campaign a possibility for you or for any candidate you are working with. Are you satisfied with our government and want to be part of it? Do you think our government is broken and want to change it? Either way, "Winning Political Campaigns" can help you achieve your goal. |  Winning Political Campaigns : |
 No-Fault Politics : Modern
Presidents, the Press, and Reformers |
Eugene McCarthy might have been president. At the time of the Democratic National Convention in 1968, he actually led Republican Richard Nixon in the polls, as America's rebel youth cut their hair and "got clean for Eugene;" his party, however, chose to nominate Hubert Humphrey, and the rest is history. Since then, the onetime peace activist has become a political gadfly who cannot be easily pegged as liberal or conservative. |
| There are approximately 537,000 elective offices. Local elections are held every year. Following a chronology similar to a typical campaign, this book lays out a detailed framework from the moment the candidate decides to run for elected office. Nothing is certain in politics, but this book will ensure an efficient and effective campaign. |  How to Win a Local Election : |
 Going Negative : |
Political advertising has been called the worst cancer in American society. Ads cost millions, and yet the entire campaign season is now filled with nasty and personal attacks. In this landmark six-year study, two of the nation's leading political scientists show exactly how cancerous the ad spot has become. |