Member Bonus: 12 Political Book Summaries - Political Wire : Political Wire

An exciting bonus for Political Wire members: We’ve added a library of 12 political book summaries from our friends at Capitol Reader. Each summary is 8-12 pages long and reviews the key points of each book.

Don’t Think of an Elephant by George Lakoff
Hardball by Chris Matthews
How to Rig an Election by Allen Raymond
Just How Stupid Are We? by Rick Shenkman
Life’s a Campaign by Chris Matthews
Presidential Courage by Michael Beschloss
Take it Back by James Carville and Paul Begala
The Assault on Reason by Al Gore
The Political Brain by Drew Westin
The Way to Win by Mark Halperin and John Harris
What’s the Matter With Kansas by Thomas Frank
It’s Even Worse Than It Looks by Thomas Mann and Norm Ornstein

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About Political Wire

Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Wonk Wire, Political Job Hunt and the Political Dictionary.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.

Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

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