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Prizewinning journalists John Harwood and Gerald F. Seib show
how today's Washington power game really works, through stories of
people who are making a difference on Pennsylvania Avenue. These new
power brokers, some of whom are rarely seen and are largely unknown,
have figured out how to make their voices heard, and how to get things
done, amid the complexities of today's gridlocked Washington. With
unprecedented access to capital insiders, and with deep insight into
the unspoken rules of the political road, Harwood and Seib explain why
progress is so difficult and illuminate what it takes to succeed in the
high-stakes game of governing.
Through stories of party strategists, moneymen, policy-makers, fixers,
socialites, lobbyists, spinners, dealmakers, and more, Harwood and Seib
explore the great political transformations that have altered the
relationship between Americans and their government. They showcase such
master players as Ken Duberstein (the Fixer), a onetime aide to
President Ronald Reagan turned superlobbyist, whose contacts and
insider knowledge help clients sidestep Avenue jam-ups; Carlyle Group
co-founder David Rubenstein (the Businessman), a new breed of power
broker who pioneered the age of "big money" in Washington; Rahm Emanuel
(the Democratic Strategist), whose aggressive fund raising and
crisis-room campaign enabled the Democrats to retake Congress in 2006;
and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (the Rising Star), a first-term Democratic
representative from Florida whose meteoric ascent in the House has
earned her influential allies as well as critics.
Inspiring and wonderfully written, Pennsylvania Avenue shows how our government really functions, and the insiders who make things happen.
pub date: 2008-05-13 | hardcover | 9781400065547 |
