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"The Way to Win": The Sequel
Mark Halperin, the uber-oracle of modern political journalism, made his name whispering in the ears of the nation’s elite.
This fall, he plans to bring his access, insights and secret files to everyday Americans with “The Undecided Voter¹s Guide to the Next President,” a paperback from Harper Perennial that will be based on interviews, travel, reporting and a lifetime of covering politicos.
Publishing sources say the book’s mission is to put between two covers everything you might learn about the leading candidates if you were to read and digest all the long biographical pieces in GQ, Esquire, The Washington Post and The New York Times Magazine, etc. – with an added dose of compare-and-contrast unavailable to even the most voracious consumer of political profiles. The announcement says Halperin, a TIME magazine editor-at-large and ABC News analyst, “will examine the candidates¹ biographies, policies, political skills and presidential prospects, with the sharp analysis and accessible, often humorous style for which Halperin has become known.”
Carrie Kania, senior vice president and publisher of Harper Perennial, even used a classic Halperinism in the announcement: “Mark Halperin's expertise about politics and the 2008 candidates will make this a must-read book for anyone who cares about the future leader of our country.”
Before joining TIME, Halperin covered five presidential elections for ABC News and was political director for nearly a decade, and of course founded “The Note.” He was co-author, with The Politico’s John F. Harris, of “The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008,” published last year by Random House. Halperin’s new book will be aimed at giving the many conscientious undecideds in both parties the hard data and solid impressions they need to make their choice in what amounts to a national primary. Entries will be divided by candidate and by party, and will include tidbits for insiders while remaining accessible to people who don’t follow the race every day – candy wrapped in bacon. Candidates and campaigns now must add the Halperin primary to their calendars.
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Throughout his life, from childhood until death, he was beset by severe swings of mood. His depressions frequently encouraged, and were exacerbated by, his various vices. His character mixed a superficial Enlightenment sensibility for reason and taste with a genuine and somewhat Romantic love of the sublime and a propensity for occasionally puerile whimsy.
harry Wrote: I understand that you, of all people, know this crisis and, in your own way, are working to address it. You, the madras-pantsed julip-sipping Southern cracker and me, the oldman hippie California fruit cake are brothers in the struggle to save our country.
FT Wrote: LooGAR (the straw that stirs the drink)
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