9781559275347

Behind the Oval Office

Dick Morris

ISBN 10: 1559275340 / 1-55927-534-0
ISBN 13: 9781559275347
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Publication Date: 1999

Editorial Reviews:
Synopsis:

Here's the ultimate inside story about the reelection of President Clinton, a story about the inner workings of American politics. No one before has so vividly described what policy advisers, pollsters, and advertisers do behind the scenes in the Oval Office. Dick Morris was President Clinton's election strategist, advising him in the wake of the midterm debacle of 1994 that gave the Republicans control of Congress and, it seemed, certain victory in the 1996 campaign. Controversial and brilliant, Dick Morris successfully laid the foundation for Clinton's reversal of fortune and return to the White House. Based on their twenty-year relationship, Morris draws a unique portrait of William Jefferson Clinton, the man and the politician, exposing the tactics, deals, and strategies which brought him and his party to power. He also shows us Hillary Rodham Clinton, facing the swirling political storms. In an entirely new introduction, Morris paints a portrait of a president deeply at war with his personal demons. He shows us a man who risked his presidency, perhaps not so much because he was driven to adultery but because he loves danger.


Review:

"Until he gets the biographer he deserves, this fascinating and disconcerting book will suffice as a chronicle of Moris's overt and clandestine adventures in the uppermost corridors of power."

Scott Sherman, Washington Post Book World, 02/21/1999