The shadow president
Subtitle: The truth about Mike Pence
By: Michael D'Antonio and Peter Eisner
Contributors: Eisner, Peter, author
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Published: 2018
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781250301192
Subjects: Vice-Presidents; Politics and government; History; Conservatism; Christianity and politics
Description: Biography of Mike Pence written by two award-winning journalists.

"Little-known outside his home state until Donald Trump made him his running mate, Mike Pence--who proclaims himself a Christian first, a conservative second, and a Republican third--has long worn a carefully-constructed mask of Midwestern nice. Behind his self-proclaimed humility and self-abasing deference, however, hides a man whose own presidential ambitions have blazed since high school. Pence's drive for power, perhaps inspired by his belief that God might have big plans for him, explains why he shocked his allies by lending Christian credibility to a scandal-plagued candidate like Trump. /In this landmark biography, Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael D'Antonio and Emmy-nominated journalist Peter Eisner follow the path Pence followed from Catholic Democrat to conservative evangelical Republican. They reveal how he used his time as rightwing radio star to build connections with powerful donors; how he was a lackluster lawmaker in Congress but a prodigious fundraiser from the GOP's billionaire benefactors; and how, once he locked in his views on the issues--anti-gay, pro-gun, anti-abortion, pro big-business--he became laser-focused on his own pursuit of power. /As THE SHADOW PRESIDENT reveals, Mike Pence is the most important and powerful Christian Right politician America has ever seen. Driven as much by theology as personal ambition, Pence is now positioned to seize the big prize--the presidency--and use it to fashion a nation more pleasing to his god and corporate sponsors." -- jacket copy.
Table of contents: title: The sycophant; title: Model citizen; title: Mudslinger; title: Limbaugh light; title: Guns, God and money; title: The frozen man; title: Higher ambitions; title: Head Hossier; title: When Trump calls; title: Russians, what Russians?; title: Shadow president; title: Good cop/crazy cop; title: Not so humbled; title: Epilogue:  the man who would be president