The Candidate

Author : Noah Richler
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780385687287

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A comical and revealing account of what it's like to run for office with no political experience, little money and only a faint hope of winning, told first-hand by celebrated writer Noah Richler. During the 2015 federal election, approximately 1200 political campaigns were held across Canada. One of those campaigns belonged to author, journalist and political neophyte Noah Richler. Recruited by the NDP to run in the bellwether riding of Toronto-St Paul's, he was handed $350 and told he would lose. But as veteran NDP activists and social-media-savvy newbies joined his campaign, Richler found himself increasingly insulated from the stark reality that his campaign was flailing, imagining instead that he was headed to Parliament Hill. In The Candidate, Richler recounts his time on the trail in sizzling detail and hilarious frankness, from door knocking in Little Jamaica to being internet-shamed by experienced opponents. The Candidate lays bare what goes on behind the slogans, canvassing and talking points, told from the perspective of a political outsider. With his signature wit and probing eye, Noah Richler's chronicle of running for office is insightful, brutally honest and devastatingly funny.

Author : Samuel L. Popkin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199922086

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There are two winners in every presidential election campaign: The inevitable winner when it begins--such as Rudy Giuliani or Hillary Clinton in 2008--and the inevitable victor after it ends. In The Candidate, Samuel Popkin explains the difference between them. While plenty of political insiders have written about specific campaigns, only Popkin--drawing on a lifetime of presidential campaign experience and extensive research--analyzes what it takes to win the next campaign. The road to the White House is littered with geniuses of campaigns past. Why doesn't practice make perfect? Why is experience such a poor teacher? Why are the same mistakes replayed again and again? Based on detailed analyses of the winners--and losers--of the last 60 years of presidential campaigns, Popkin explains how challengers get to the White House, how incumbents stay there for a second term, and how successors hold power for their party. He looks in particular at three campaigns--George H.W. Bush's muddled campaign for reelection in 1992, Al Gore's flawed campaign for the presidency in 2000, and Hillary Clinton's mismanaged effort to win the nomination in 2008--and uncovers the lessons that Ronald Reagan can teach future candidates about teamwork. Throughout, Popkin illuminates the intricacies of presidential campaigns--the small details and the big picture, the surprising mistakes and the predictable miscues--in a riveting account of what goes on inside a campaign and what makes one succeed while another fails. As Popkin shows, a vision for the future and the audacity to run are only the first steps in a candidate's run for office. To truly survive the most grueling show on earth, presidential hopefuls have to understand the critical factors that Popkin reveals in The Candidate. In the wake of the 2012 election, Popkin's analysis looks remarkably prescient. Obama ran a strong incumbent-oriented campaign but made typical incumbent mistakes, as evidenced by his weak performance in the first debate. The Romney campaign correctly put power in the hands of a strong campaign manager, but it couldn't overcome the weaknesses of the candidate.

Author : John Dent
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1782
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HX6A4J

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The Candidate by John Dent Pdf

Author : Alex Nunns
Publisher : OR Books
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781682191057

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The Candidate by Alex Nunns Pdf

Drawing on first-hand interviews with those involved in the campaign, including its most senior figures, Nunns traces the origins of Jeremy Corbyn’s remarkable ascent in British politics.

Author : Richard Condon
Publisher : RosettaBooks
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780795335068

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The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon Pdf

The classic thriller about a hostile foreign power infiltrating American politics: “Brilliant . . . wild and exhilarating.” —The New Yorker A war hero and the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, Sgt. Raymond Shaw is keeping a deadly secret—even from himself. During his time as a prisoner of war in North Korea, he was brainwashed by his Communist captors and transformed into a deadly weapon—a sleeper assassin, programmed to kill without question or mercy at his captors’ signal. Now he’s been returned to the United States with a covert mission: to kill a candidate running for US president . . . This “shocking, tense” and sharply satirical novel has become a modern classic, and was the basis for two film adaptations (San Francisco Chronicle). “Crammed with suspense.” —Chicago Tribune “Condon is wickedly skillful.” —Time

Author : Zareh Vorpouni
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780815653790

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The Candidate by Zareh Vorpouni Pdf

The Candidate is one of the most masterful, psychologically penetrating novels in Armenian diaspora literature. Published in 1967 at a time of political awakening among the descendants of survivors of the Armenian genocide, the novel explores themes of trauma, forgiveness, reconciliation, friendship, and sacrifice, and examines the relationship between victim and perpetrator. The book opens in 1927 in Paris after Minas has found his friend Vahakn’s body on the floor of the apartment they share. In a fragmentary way, Minas tells of his meeting Vahakn in the cafés of the Latin Quarter; the friendship that joins them; their conversations with Ziya, a Turkish student in Paris; Vahakn’s murder of Ziya; and Vahakn’s suicide. At the core of the novel is the note Vahakn leaves Minas to explain the enigma of Ziya’s murder and his own suicide. The letter recounts Vahakn’s and his mother’s deportation from their village in the Ottoman Empire; his mother’s death and Vahakn’s adoption by a Turkish woman, Fatma, who rapes and abuses him; his feelings of alienation and self-estrangement in France; and his inability to adapt to life after trauma. Known for his innovation of the Western Armenian novel, Vorpouni challenges the narrative elements of the conventional novel by playing with subjectivity and linearity. His melding of contemporary French literary and intellectual currents produces a literary and cultural hybrid unique in Western Armenian literature.

Author : Tracey Richardson
Publisher : Bella Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781594939556

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The Candidate by Tracey Richardson Pdf

Presidential candidate Jane Kincaid—gorgeous, dynamic and extremely driven—is taking the country by storm, passionately outlining her blueprint for America. Voters quickly fall in love with her...and so, unwittingly, does Secret Service Agent Alexandria Warner. Their mutual attraction begins to take on a fiery life of its own, and soon Jane fears that their intense feelings for each other are a tinder box that could destroy the landscape of her career and alter the history of the country. Jane had always expected the road to the White House would exact a high personal toll. She just never knew how high, until she's forced to choose between her heart and her political destiny.

Author : Stanley A Renshon
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 778 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1996-05-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780814776636

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The Psychological Assessment of Presidential Candidates by Stanley A Renshon Pdf

Debate on public issues--and where candidates stand on them-- have traditionally represented the focal point of presidential campaigns. In recent decades, however, rather than asking where candidates stand on the issues, the public increasingly wants to know who they are. The issue of character has thus come to dominate presidential elections. While there is increasing public awareness that the psychology, judgment, and leadership qualities of presidential candidates count, the basis on which these judgments should made remains unclear. Does it matter that Gary Hart changed his name or had an affair? Should Ed Muskie's loss of composure while defending his wife during a campaign speech, or Thomas Eagleton's hospitalization for depression, have counted against them? Looking back over the past 25 years, Stanley Renshon, a political scientist and psychoanalyst, provides the first comprehensive accounting of how character has become an increasingly important issue in a presidential campaign. He traces two related but distinctive approaches to the issue of presidential character and psychology. The first concerns the mental health of our candidates and presidents. Are they emotionally and personally stable? Is their temperament suitable for the presidency? The second concerns character. Is the candidate honest? Does he possess the necessary judgment and motivation to deal with the tremendous responsibilities and pressures of the office? Drawing on his clinical and political science training, Renshon has devised a theory which will allow the public to better evaluate presidential candidates. Why are honesty, integrity, and personal ideals so important in judging candidates? Is personal and political ambition necessarily a bad trait? Do extra-marital affairs really matter? Finally, and most importantly, how can the public tell whether a candidate's leadership will be enhanced or impeded by aspects of his personality?With this sweeping volume, Stanley Renshon has provided us with the most comprehensive account to date of how the public judges, and should judge, our future presidents.

Author : Peter Stone
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781534422186

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The Perfect Candidate by Peter Stone Pdf

“The perfect YA thriller for right now—think John Grisham meets John Green.” —Margaret Stohl, New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Creatures “Gripping and twisty, but also filled with heart. A fun must-read.” —Melissa de la Cruz, New York Times bestselling author of Alex and Eliza “An enthralling plot of power, greed, and murder.” —Kirkus Reviews “A YA version of the TV show Scandal, and it is just as addictive.” —Publishers Weekly From debut author Peter Stone comes a heart-stopping, pulse-pounding political thriller that’s perfect for fans of Ally Carter and House of Cards. When recent high school graduate Cameron Carter lands an internship with Congressman Billy Beck in Washington, DC, he thinks it is his ticket out of small town captivity. What he lacks in connections and Beltway polish he makes up in smarts, and he soon finds a friend and mentor in fellow staffer Ariel Lancaster. That is, until she winds up dead. As rumors and accusations about her death fly around Capitol Hill, Cameron’s low profile makes him the perfect candidate for an FBI investigation that he wants no part of. Before he knows it—and with his family’s future at stake—he discovers DC’s darkest secrets as he races to expose a deadly conspiracy. If it doesn’t get him killed first.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-19
Category : Campaign funds
ISBN : WISC:89124143744

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Campaign Finance Law by Anonim Pdf

A summary of state campaign finance laws with quick reference charts for the U.S. territories and possessions.

Author : Guillermo Cordero,Eva H. Önnudóttir,Xavier Coller
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9782832508312

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Beyond the Secret Garden of Politics: Internal Party Dynamics of Candidate Selection by Guillermo Cordero,Eva H. Önnudóttir,Xavier Coller Pdf

Author : Great Britain. - Civil Service Commissioners. [Examination Papers, &c.]
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Civil service
ISBN : NLS:V000585837

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Guide to the Civil Service Examinations; with Directions for Candidates, Examination Papers ... and All Necessary Information for Those Seeking Employment in the Government Civil Service by Great Britain. - Civil Service Commissioners. [Examination Papers, &c.] Pdf

Author : Billy DeCarlo
Publisher : Wild Lake Press, Inc
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780997219685

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Vigilante Angels Book III: The Candidate by Billy DeCarlo Pdf

Will a dying vigilante choose peace, love, and happiness or one last mission? Will his advancing disease allow for either? Tommy Borata is on the run—quietly living out his last days in the Florida Keys. He keeps a low profile until love finds him just as a hateful, divisive presidential candidate threatens to tear the country apart. As love and his desire to leave the world a better place pull at Tommy’s heart, which will win? In this exciting conclusion to the Vigilante Angels trilogy, Tommy hides in the Florida Keys. He’s prepared to let his disease claim him and die in peace. That is until he finds love and a mysterious rejuvenation. Tommy follows the meteoric rise of a politician that stands for everything he despises. He sees one last chance to make the world a better place before dies. Tommy battles alcoholism, love, cancer, FBI investigators, and neo-Nazis to complete one last mission. In the race against time, which will prevail? This is book three, the thrilling conclusion to the Vigilante Angels trilogy. A dark, gritty, noir crime novel series, available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1911
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105113786854

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Regulations Governing the Admission of Candidates Into the United States Naval Academy as Midshipmen and Sample Examination Papers by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ronald J. Schiller
Publisher : R&L Education
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781610489362

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The Chief Development Officer by Ronald J. Schiller Pdf

Until recently, the chief development officer (CDO) has focused primarily, if not exclusively, on fundraising. In the past two decades, largely in response to greater demand and competition for fundraising revenue, the responsibilities and corresponding required competencies of CDOs have evolved. Today’s CDOs play senior, strategic leadership roles in their organizations. The Chief Development Officer: Beyond Fundraising is a guide to those preparing for the role of CDO and to those charged with selecting, appointing, and supporting CDOs. It includes nine chapters, each presenting a role beyond frontline fundraising and fundraising program management in which today’s successful CDO excels. There are many wonderful development leaders and many wonderful nonprofit organizations, but not always the best ‘marriages’ between leaders and organizations. The immediate goal of this book is better ‘marriages,’ supporting an ultimate goal of continued health and growth of nonprofit organizations and the essential contributions they make to a civil society.