Campaigns on the Cutting Edge, 2nd Edition
I think that the contemporary nature of the book is definitely one of its major strengths. It picks up on modern issues and is sure to try and utilize relevant examples to illustrate it's points. Unfortunately, the weakness is the brevity with which some of these issues are examined. New media, the internet, and the paid media really could use more depth and examples, as well as references to internet sources that illustrate points or are examples of the subjects examined. ONE of the major criticisms is that there is a lack of reference to websites that could provide additional data or even the campaign commercials that are discussed (opensecrets, youtube, votesmart, etc.) -- Reviewer 2