Confessions of a political hitman
Subtitle: my secret life of scandal, corruption, hypocrisy and dirty attacks that decide who gets elected (and who doesn?t)
By: Stephen Marks.
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Naperville, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 389
ISBN-13: 9781402208546
Subjects: Marks, Stephen, -- 1957-; Political consultants -- United States; Political candidates -- Research -- United States; Political campaigns -- Corrupt practices -- United States -- History; Elections -- United States -- History; Scandals -- United States -- History; United States -- Politics and government -- 1993-2001; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-
Table of contents: title: The beginning of the end; title: A political junkie is born; title: Clinton shock; title: The birth of oppo man and the Republican revolution; title: Perks of the job; title: Bush versus Chiles : the 1994 Florida gubernatorial race; title: Gunning for Gephardt; title: The Buchanan presidential campaigns : the worst sides of American politics; title: Proof that negative campaigning leads to electoral victory; title: Jesse Helms versus Harvey Gantt; title: John Kerry versus Bill Weld; title: Dirty tricks : the rise and fall of Georgia senator Max Cleland; title: Dole versus Clinton; title: Corporate hit man : digging dirt for corporations; title: Action in Texas; title: Sex, lies, and Republican hypocrisy : the downfall of the GOP, 1994-2006; title: Only in Louisiana : cynical politics at its worst; title: Only in New Jersey : two sitting governors resign in disgrace; title: Cockfighting and imploding candidates : action in Kansas and Oklahoma; title: Oppo men vs. oppo men : blindsided in New Hampshire; title: The unpredictable nature of opposition research and negative campaigning; title: Tom Delay, Ronnie Earle, and oppo man; title: Only in Ohio:  good state gone bad?; title: The Bush brothers (W. and Jeb) versus Katherine Harris in Florida; title: Mark Foley, pedophilia, and sex crimes; title: Don Goldwater for governor in Arizona; title: Symmetry and irony.