No Way to Pick A President

Name: No Way to Pick A President
Author: Jules Witcover

How Money and Hired Guns Have Debased American Elections

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Paperback, 320 blz. | Engels

Taylor & Francis | 1e druk, 2001

ISBN13: 9780415930314

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As the United States marks its first presidential election of a new century, Witcover shows us how professional mercenaries -- with little party loyalty and diminished political principles, driven by an insatiable need for money -- are poisoning public life. At the same time, politicians themselves have condoned and even encouraged these developments, responding to the demands of a media-driven age in which the press corps pursues its own quest for celebrity and financial reward.

Sharp, revealing, and rich with anecdotes, No Way to Pick aPresident offers a wealth of presidential history, from the role of the vice president's office to campaign funds, television and the electoral college.