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Type of bind: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 320
EAN num: 9781433213861
ISBN number: 1433213869
Label: Blackstone Audiobooks, Ltd.
Manufacturer: Blackstone Audiobooks, Ltd.
Quantity: 6
Page Count: 7
Printing Date: May 01, 2008
Publishing house: Blackstone Audiobooks, Ltd.
Studio: Blackstone Audiobooks, Ltd.
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Through stories about Washingtons key players and through inside analysis, Seib and Harwood take us behind the scenes to show what really happens on the very first street in America and how that affects politics, players, and the country.
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This is a fine, short book on current politics in America. Harwood and Seib both worked for the Wall Street Journal (Seib still does). Their non-partisan approach to the problems and potential cures for what ails the American political process is useful. The chapters are short and each focuses on one or two powerful political folks. Some of those folks are well known, like Karl Rove and Jim Webb, and others are the backroom players that few people hear much about. A few overriding themes include the influence of money in politics, the nastiness of political fights, and the increasing chasm between the two parties. Well worth it and easy to get through.
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I am researching for a script I'm writing and this book has helped me immensely. It breaks down so many different roles people may not know about- the behind the scenes power players. it gives great examples, explanations and stories and I am left with a strong impression of- not just how much money rules Washington, but in some ways, how some can not help but be ruled by it once they get there.
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Though I'm an admirer of the authors as journalists, they fail to step up to provide more fully-formed profiles of their many subjects. This reads like a compendium of short mini-profiles. Just as you think you're about to learn something about a subject, the chapter ends and you're onto the subsequent personality. Better to spend the price of the book for a brief subscription to the authors' newspapers. In this case, there's more meat in the daily reportage.
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I finished reading the book a while ago, and I find it gives me food for thought during this political season--particularly when I see one or another of the profiled people quoted or interviewed. Though I work in Washington, I have little interaction with the world depicted in Pennsylvania Avenue--but, having read it, I now know a lot more. We all think of ourselves as jaded, but I was really startled by the sheer volume of money that Harwood and Seib describe as flowing through the political world. They may not be partisan, but they do describe a system that desperately needs change.
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If you want a wonky read but your diet doesn't allow for blue meat, this is for you. These are profiles of people who make things happen from across the ideological spectrum and all judgements are reserved, which is pretty rare in today's hyper-partisan media environment. Given it's quick pace, this book might be best suited to young people interested in D.C.
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