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100 1 $aWitcover, Jules $q(Jules Witcover).
245 10 $aNo Way to Pick a President$h[electronic resource].
260 $aNew York :$bGrand Central Publishing,$c2001.
500 $aTitle from eBook information screen.
520 $aNever before has so much money poured into a presidential campaign as flowed into the election of 2000. Jules Witcover, who has covered every election since 1952, here combines unparalleled knowledge about presidential politics with a scintillating, wise analysis of what's wrong with the way American presidents are chosen. He shows us, in memorable and dramatic detail, how professional mercenaries--with little party loyalty and diminished political principles, driven by skewed priorities and an insatiable need for money, are corrupting American public life. At the same time, he shows how television dramatically, even destructively, distorts the election process, discouraging voter participation and dissuading some of our most promising public figures from seeking higher office. In this lively, story-filled account, Witcover examines the many ways in which politicians themselves have condoned or encouraged these developments and how they are responding to the new demands of a media-driven, money-conscious age. He assessses the effects of campaign funds, both "soft" and "hard, and of a press corps that practices invasive, "gotcha" journ
533 $aElectronic reproduction.$bNew York :$cGrand Central Publishing,$d2001.$nRequires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1466 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 445 KB).
538 $aRequires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 1466 KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 445 KB).
653 #0 $aNonfiction
653 #0 $aPolitics
655 7 $aElectronic books.$2local
776 1 $cOriginal$z9780759591578
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