Dogfight
Subtitle: the 2012 presidential campaign in verse
By: Calvin Trillin
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9780812993684; 9780812993691
Subjects: Presidents; Election; Poetry; American Political poetry
Description: Presents a humorous ode to the 2012 presidential election that likens the campaign to a three-ring circus and includes riffs on figures ranging from Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich to Rick Perry and Rick Santorum.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 2008; title: 2010; title: Mentionables; title: Trump trumped; title: First one out; title: A brief reign on top; title: Oops indeed; title: The search for a Mitt-whomper; title: Newt redux; title: Carpet bombing; title: Stuck again; title: Unstuck; title: Anybody out there want to be president?; title: Unstuck?; title: Carpet bombing redux; title: Stuck again; title: The Southern strategy; title: The party's over; title: Mitt's got the gold; title: Bain; title: The White House prepares; title: The race shapes up; title: A June surprise; title: Shaken up; title: Money makes the world go around; title: August surprise; title: Reaching the starting line; title: September surprise; title: Falling back; title: First debate; title: Obama redux; title: The stretch; title: The stretch of the stretch.