Format:
1 online resource (158 pages)
ISBN:
9781611686579
Content:
An election-year guide to understanding the language of the electeds, spin-meisters, and flacks of American politics.
Content:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword by Jeff Greenfield -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Bed-Wetters, Sherpas, Squishes, and Other Personality Types -- Chapter 2: "With All Due Respect, I Deeply Regret Holding You in Minimum High Regard": Only-in-Politics Expressions -- Chapter 3: Going Downtown through the Overton Window to Play in the Endgame: People, Places, and Things, Both Real and Imagined -- Chapter 4: On a Glide Path with an Odd Couple to Nut-Cutting Time: The Legislative Process -- Chapter 5: Dead Money, Dog Whistles, and Droppin' the G's: The Lingo of Campaigns and Elections -- Chapter 6: Having to Explain Blowback on the Tick-Tock: The Media and Scandals -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- List of Terms.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781611687002
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781611687002
Language:
English
