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000468630 1001_ $$aMcGarr, Kathryn J.
000468630 24514 $$aThe whole damn deal$$h[electronic resource] :$$bRobert Strauss and the art of politics /$$cKathryn J. McGarr.
000468630 250__ $$a1st ed.
000468630 260__ $$aNew York :$$bPublicAffairs,$$c2011.
000468630 300__ $$axxiv, 433, [20] p. of plates :$$bill., port.
000468630 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000468630 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users.
000468630 520__ $$a"Robert S. Strauss was for many decades, the quintessential political operator. He played a pivotal role in US politics for more than fifty years, serving as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, US Trade Representative, and US Ambassador to the USSR and later Russia. He has advised and represented many US presidents for both major political parties. Yet, we know very little of this man who has been so influential behind the scenes. This is the story of how Bobby Strauss, a poor, Jewish boy from West Texas, became Robert S. Strauss, a lawyer and politician of national and international renown. Strauss entered national politics when Beltway outsiders were planning their takeover of the Democratic Party in the aftermath of the divisive 1968 Chicago convention. After the 1972 nomination and subsequent defeat of George McGovern polarized the old and new factions of the Democratic Party, Strauss became chairman of the Democratic National Committee. He managed to create a coalition of old guard conservatives, minorities, youth, and representatives of both labor and big business that resembled the patchwork Democratic Party we still have to this day. Strauss excelled at balancing accommodation and persuasion. He was proud to be an insider and a politician, even when those were considered dirty words, because he enjoyed the negotiations that politics then entailed. His Texas charm and political savvy won over both sides of the aisle in Washington. This book will describe what went on in the smoke-filled rooms, and in the bathrooms of the hotel suites, "where the real decisions were made," as Strauss likes to say. It is a vivid portrait of a bygone era of civilized Washington politics, when Republicans and Democrats worked together without fear of criticism. "--$$cProvided by publisher.
000468630 60010 $$aStrauss, Robert S.
000468630 61020 $$aDemocratic Party (U.S.)$$xHistory$$y20th century.
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000468630 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xPolitics and government$$y1945-1989.
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