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Pennsylvania Avenue : profiles in backroom power / John Harwood and Gerald Seib.

Harwood, John, 1956- (Author). Seib, Gerald F., 1956- (Added Author).

Summary:

A new class of politician and radically different ways of conducting business now exist in Washington. Through stories of party strategists, money men, policy-makers, fixers, socialites, lobbyists, spinners, deal-makers, and more, authors Harwood and Seib explore the great political transformations that have fundamentally altered the relationship between Americans and their government.--From publisher description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1400065542 (hc)
  • ISBN: 9781400065547 (hc)
  • Physical Description: viii, 260 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [2008]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-247) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
I. WASHINGTON WRIT LARGE: Gridlock on America's Main Street -- The fixer: Ken Duberstein -- The businessman: David Rubenstein -- II. WORKING THE SYSTEM: The Democratic strategist: Rahm Emanuel -- The party captains for 2008: Chris Van Hollen and Tom Cole -- The fund-raising phenom: Debbie Wasserman Schultz -- The Republican strategist: Karl Rove -- III. POWER OUTSIDE THE SYSTEM: The advocate: Hilary Rosen -- The social secretary: Lea Berman -- The netroots warrior meets the establishment: Eli Pariser and Kyle McSlarrow -- The lobbyist: Ed Rogers -- The industry man: Billy Tauzin -- IV. ROLES REDEFINED: The policy advisor: Elliott Abrams -- The spinner: Brendan Daly -- The political operators: Jim Jordan and Terry Nelson -- V. CHANGING THE SYSTEM: The new Republicans: Sam Brownback and Pete Wehner -- The new Democrats: Mara Vanderslice and Jim Webb -- The deal-makers: Bernadette Budde and Andy Stern -- The tax m en: Charlie Rangel and Jim McCrery -- The chairmen: Robert Strauss and Ken Mehlman.
Subject: Political culture > Washington (D.C.)
Politicians > Washington (D.C.)
Power (Social sciences) > United States.
United States > Politics and government > 2001-2009.
Political science > Washington (D.C.)
United States > Politics and government.

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity.

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Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity 320.973092 H3435 2008 (Text) 31001101275171 Adult Non Fiction Available -
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