Hardball How Politics Is Played Told By One

How politics is played by one who knows the game...Chris Matthews has spent a quarter century on the playing field of American politics -- from righthand man of Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill to host of NBC's highest rated cable talk showHardball.In this revised and updated edition of his political classic, he offers fascinating new stories of raw ambition, brutal rivalry, and exquisite seduction and reveals the inside rules that govern the game of power.

Chris Matthews, a nationally syndicated columnist since 1987, is host of Hardball, and Washington Chief Bureau Chief for the San Francisco Examiner. He is the author of Kennedy and Nixon: The Rivalry That Shaped Post-war America.

Contents

Introduction
Part I Alliances
1 It's Not Who You Know; It's Who You Get to Know
2 "All Politics Is Local"
3 It's Better to Receive Than to Give
4 "Dance with the One That Brung Ya"
Part II Enemies
5 Keep Your Enemies in Front of You
6 Don't Get Mad; Don't Get Even; Get Ahead
7 Leave No Shot Unanswered
Part III Deals
8 "Only Talk When It Improves the Silence"
9 Always Concede on Principle
Part IV Reputations
10 Hang a Lantern on Your Problem
11 Spin!
12 "The Press Is the Enemy"
13 The Reputation of Power
14 Positioning
Perspective
Index

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Hardball How Politics Is Played Told By One Who Knows The Game

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