No excuses : concessions of a serial campaigner

by Robert Shrum

Hardcover, 2007

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Available

Publication

New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, c2007.

Description

Strategist Shrum gives us an epic and personal story of the struggle for power in America during the past four decades. He vividly recounts the personalities and forces that shaped the outcome of the closest and most important elections of our time. We are there in the back rooms, on the planes, and in the motorcades with George McGovern, Jimmy Carter, Ted Kennedy, Al Gore, John Kerry, John Edwards, and Bill and Hillary Clinton. Shrum reveals the manipulations and limitations of old and new forms of political persuasion, from the historic and sometimes controversial speeches he wrote to the negative ads he created, from prepping presidential nominees for critical debates to the deployment of the new political weapon, the Internet. Shrum argues that unlike Republicans from Reagan on, Democrats fall short, politically or in office, when they trim their convictions and walk away from fundamental issues--like universal health coverage. --From publisher description.… (more)

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LibraryThing member SigmundFraud
interesting but much more than i want to know. Relevant to read now during the presidential campaign. Schrum has been the adviser to a number of politicians including the Kerry for President campaign.
LibraryThing member Schmerguls
This 2007 book recounts the author's experiences in the world of politics. He has been a prominent consultant to Democratic candidates often, especially Vice-President Gore's cammpaign in 2000, which he won only to have it reversed by a five-to-four Supreme Court decision, and Senator Kerry's
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campaign in 2004 which came within one state of victory. One lives through the ups and downs of the campaigns and it is fascianting reading to anyone who is interested in politics.
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