Claiming the mantle
Subtitle: how presidential nominations are won and lost before the votes are cast
By: R. Lawrence Butler.
Series: Dilemmas in American politics
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
Subjects: Presidents -- United States -- Nomination; Primaries -- United States
Description: "Although Howard Dean outraised his opponents in 2003, he did not develop the national organization or the institutional support necessary to secure the nomination, leaving himself vulnerable to John Kerry's 2004 surge. Drawing on numerous examples from the 2004 Democratic campaign, and detailed analyses of every contested Republican and Democratic presidential nomination race since 1976, Claiming the Mantle interprets the evolution of the presidential nomination process and explores the unwritten rules of the pre-primary campaign that allow one candidate to "claim the mantle" while the others fall short."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The sound of bubbles bursting; title: The formal rules; title: winning delegates; title: The formal rules; title: campaign finance; title: Claiming the mantle; title: The seven dwarves; title: Snow White and the seven dwarves; title: The clash of the titans; title: Looking ahead.