Playing President My Close Ecounters with Nixon, Carter, Bush I, Reagan, and Clinton--and How They Did Not Prepare Me for George W. Bush

"Over the past thirty years covering presidential politics for the Los Angeles Times, journalist Robert Scheer has conducted in-depth interviews with Presidents Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Clinton, and Bush I. These conversations have shaped journalism history and significantly impacted national debate - such as his 1976 Playboy interview in which then-presidential candidate Jimmy Carter admitted to lusting in his heart; and a 1980 Los Angeles Times Interview with George Bush I, who bungled his campaign against Reagan in the Republican Primary by detailing for Scheer his vision of a "winnable nuclear war." In Playing President, Scheer offers insight into the presidential mind. He anchors his seminal interviews and profiles with new analyses of each President that will educate readers of all political stripes."--BOOK JACKET.