Believer my forty years in politics

David Axelrod has always been a believer. Whether as a young journalist investigating city corruption, a campaign consultant guiding underdog candidates against entrenched orthodoxy, or as senior adviser to the president during one of the worst crises in American history, Axelrod held fast to his fa...

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Main Author: Axelrod, David, 1955- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • Roots
  • City of the big shoulders
  • Deadline Dave
  • Bow-tie bravado
  • Strategist for hire
  • Where the rubber hits the road
  • Going national
  • The natural
  • Magic carpet ride
  • Shot from a cannon
  • Reluctant hero
  • From "No, I won't" to "Yes, we...might"
  • An audacious decision
  • In Lincoln's shadow
  • Growing pains
  • Ecstasy in Iowa
  • The empire strikes back
  • To hell (or at least Altoona) and back
  • From Berlin to Biden
  • The test
  • Winning the big one
  • The dogs that caught the car
  • Next door to history
  • Nothing but bad choices
  • Why we do the work
  • War and Peace Prize
  • The stubborn world
  • "Brutal"
  • From the outside looking in
  • Resurgence
  • Turbulent ride, smooth landing.