TY  - BOOK
AU  - Marks,Stephen
TI  - Confessions of a political hitman: my secret life of scandal, corruption, hypocrisy and dirty attacks that decide who gets elected (and who doesn't) 
SN  - 1402208545 (hardcover)
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Naperville, Ill.
PB  - Sourcebooks
KW  - Marks, Stephen,
KW  - Elections
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Political campaigns
KW  - Corrupt practices
KW  - Political candidates
KW  - Research
KW  - Political consultants
KW  - Scandals
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1993-2001
KW  - 2001-
N1  - The beginning of the end : Jack Abramoff, John Kerry, and Al Gore -- A political junkie is born -- Clinton shock -- The birth of oppo man and the Republican revolution -- Perks of the job -- Bush versus Chiles : the 1994 Florida gubernatorial race -- Gunning for Gephardt -- The Buchanan presidential campaigns : the worst sides of American politics -- Proof that negative campaigning leads to electoral victory -- Jesse Helms versus Harvey Gantt -- John Kerry versus Bill Weld -- Dirty tricks : the rise and fall of Georgia senator Max Cleland -- Dole versus Clinton -- Corporate hitman : digging dirt for corporations -- Action in Texas -- Sex, lies, and Republican hypocrisy : the downfall of the GOP, 1994-2006 -- Only in Louisiana : cynical politics at its worst -- Only in New Jersey : two consecutive sitting governors resign in disgrace -- Cockfighting and imploding candidates : action in Kansas and Oklahoma -- Oppo men vs. oppo men : blindsided in New Hampshire -- The unpredictable nature of opposition research and negative campaigning -- Tom Delay, Ronnie Earle, and oppo man -- Only in Ohio: good state gone bad? -- The Bush brothers (W. and Jeb) versus Katherine Harris in Florida -- Mark Foley, pedophilia, and sex crimes -- Don Goldwater for governor in Arizona -- Symmetry and irony
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