02839nam 2200601 a 450 991079028480332120230801222621.01-280-59285-097866136226860-19-992208-X(CKB)2670000000179073(EBL)896252(OCoLC)792684954(SSID)ssj0000633038(PQKBManifestationID)11463198(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000633038(PQKBWorkID)10610900(PQKB)11060545(MiAaPQ)EBC896252(Au-PeEL)EBL896252(CaPaEBR)ebr10555816(CaONFJC)MIL362268(EXLCZ)99267000000017907320120222d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe candidate[electronic resource] what it takes to win-- and hold-- the White House /Samuel L. PopkinNew York Oxford University Press20121 online resource (361 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-932521-9 0-19-992207-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Campaign juggling -- Planning for chaos -- Challengers: Senator Clinton in 2008 -- Challenger case study: the search for the experienced virgin -- Incumbents: regicide or more of the same -- Incumbent case study: President Bush in 1992 -- Seven successor lapdogs or leaders -- Successor case study: Vice-President Al Gore in 2000 -- Teams that work -- Conclusion: is this any way to pick a president?.There are two winners in every presidential election campaign: The inevitable winner when it begins--such as Rudy Guliani or Hillary Clinton in 2008--and the inevitable victor after it ends. In The Candidate, Samuel Popkin explains the difference between them.While plenty of political insiders have written about specific campaigns, only Popkin--drawing on a lifetime of presidential campaign experience and extensive research--analyzes what it takes to win the next campaign. The road to the White House is littered with geniuses of campaigns past. Why doesn't practice make perfect? Why is experiePresidentsUnited StatesElectionHistoryPresidential candidatesUnited StatesHistoryPresidential candidatesUnited StatesCase studiesPresidentsElectionHistory.Presidential candidatesHistory.Presidential candidates324.973Popkin Samuel L318740MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790284803321The candidate3688928UNINA