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Title: The People's Choice by Jeff Greenfield, William M. Adler ISBN: 0452277051 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.9
Rating: 5
Summary: Political Junkie Fun
Comment: While covering Campaign 2000 late last October, I loaned this book to my boss, who started it... and then, after Election Day, was unable to finish it because Greenfield's imagined fiasco was too close to reality. (In fact, Greenfield said that what happened in the 2000 election put this book to shame.)
Greenfield is television's smartest and most knowledgable commentator about elections, and this comedic novel about the Electoral College -- imagining what might happen if, following the president-elect's death, the electors decided they did not want to make the vice president-elect president -- is full of great historical tidbits. Greenfield is at his best, and seems to be enjoying himself the most, where filling pages with anecdotes about electoral wrinkles in the past. That's where the book shines.
As for the story itself, it is a bit thin, and the ending is less than satisfying. But, especially with the renewed (but now-waning) interest in the Electoral College, this book is a fun read.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good story, excellent ideas
Comment: A well-written, very funny book. Subtle satire and laugh-out-loud scenes co-exist in this thought-provoking novel which digs up the underside of the Electoral College system and turns it over so we can see it in all its so-called-glory.
I've given copies of this book to several people, all of whom have been inspired by it to go read the Constitution of the United States, to see just how plausible the plot is. That's not a bad effect for a book to have on people.
In any case, whether it makes you think or not, it is undeniably a very funny book with unforgettable characters and situations. The writing is fine: realtively fluent and unobtrusive. And Jeff Greenfield has a very good eye for the ridiculous, while maintaining a high level of compassion for people who are doing the best they can.
Definitely recommended in an election year.
Rating: 4
Summary: The Hole in our Constitution
Comment: Jeff Greenfield is best known as a political commentator for ABC. He uses his enormous experience to craft an intriguing yarn which is basically about how the Electoral College works. Dry subject, great book. Some of the characters are thinly-veiled caricatures of real people, and it was great fun guessing who was who (Avi DuPois is a great name for Limbaugh, but is the "Distinguished Commentator" supposed to be Brinkley or George Will?). It's all too believable that something like what's in the book could happen. Must-read for all politics junkies.
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Title: The Girls in the Van: A Reporter's Diary of the Campaign Trail by Beth Harpaz ISBN: 0312302711 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 20 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: American Government: The Essentials (Student Handbook) by James Q. Wilson ISBN: 0618043616 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 2000 List Price(USD): $28.76 |
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Title: Hardball : How Politics Is Played Told By One Who Knows The Game by Chris Matthews ISBN: 0684845598 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 02 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Oh, Waiter! One Order of Crow! Inside the Strangest Presidential Election Finish in American History by Jeff Greenfield, Nsn ISBN: 0399147764 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 17 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Power Game: How Washington Works by Hedrick Smith ISBN: 0345410483 Publisher: Ballantine Books (Trd Pap) Pub. Date: 1996 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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