Cover
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
I. Strother Stories
Dedication
Sound Problem
That Cadillac Don't Run on Water
A Million Dollar Campaign
Losing Papa Brock
Please Don't Kill a Reporter
Buick and Beer
Good Old Boy with Bad Habits
Protecting the Institution
Old Friends Conduct Politics
Gary Hart Makes a Call
Gary Hart Makes a Decision
Gary Hart is Set Up
Mark of a Losing Campaign
Where Credit is Due
Crazy
Dwarf Luck
II. Campaigns
Firing a Candidate
Signs, Wires, Hats, Gloves-and a Jacket
Mr. Ed Talks Again
The Louisiana Way of Doing Business
The Best 300 I Ever Spent
Candidates Say the Darndest Things
The NAACP Tournament
American Joe
Radon Ramble
Debating the Debate
A Question of Timing
Money, Mistakes, and Timing
Fired on the Spot
As Luck Would Have It
You're Running Against Whom?
Making a Contribution
Who are My Friends?
Surprise!
Hotel Roosevelt
Bill Randle, Mr. Scandal
The Big Three
III. Beginnings and Endings
I Got Here as Fast as I Could
Best Decisions
How I Got Started in Politics
Innovation and Revenge
When I Caught the Bug
Job Interview
Serendipity
Getting Started in Politics
My First Political Job
Beres, Not Perez
A Wakeup Moment
Queen Elizabeth and the Bottle of Cheap Gin
The Agony of Defeat
IV. Politics
The Mummers Parade
Perils of Legislating
Calling the Shot
Bloomingdales, Yankee Stadium, and the Supreme Court
Hardball Politics
Softball Politics
"The Right Staff" and "The Amazing Metz"
Laurel and Hardy
Zoo Plane
Carter, Mineta, and Me
Good Morning, Palm Beach
The Governor is Gay
V. Personalities
Why Not, Barack?
Dick Morris
Be Kind to Dogs-and Vote Democratic
Roger Stone
How Not to Make a Deal.

Me and bin Laden
Ed Koch
Bella Abzug
Eleanor Roosevelt
Robert Morgenthau
Knowing John Glenn
Zero G's and Feeling Fine
Too Funny to Run
I Don't Know If I Have Alzheimer's or Not
As Grave a Thing as Any
Speechless
About the Contributors.