出版日期:2003-11
ISBN:9781586481872
作者:Walter Shapiro
页数:240页
作者简介
An offbeat, irreverent look at the 2004 presidential race, in its not-ready-for-prime-time preliminaries. By the time most Americans see the presidential candidates on the campaign trail, they are practiced performers surrounded by a platoon of staffers and a brigade of reporters. But on their initial forays into Iowa and New Hampshire in 2002 and early 2003, their entourages were decidedly unpresidential -just an aide or two, perhaps a local reporter, and the candidate himself. Their motorcades were literally one-car caravans; their campaign stops, small gatherings in living rooms. The national media only intermittently follow the candidates as they struggle to define themselves, work out the kinks in their message and refine their personas. But Walter Shapiro did. One-Car Caravan is Shapiro's revealing account of the humble roots of the current presidential campaign, and he provides a telling picture of the 2004 Democratic contenders in their metaphorical boxers and briefs. He shows us John Kerry, Dick Gephardt, Joe Lieberman, John Edwards, Howard Dean, and the others with their hair down, their ties askew, and their foibles bared. It's not pretty to watch a candidate who dreams of flying on Air Force One bump his head on a luggage bin on a small commuter jet, but it can be pretty funny.
书籍目录
Author's Note1 Rubes on the Road2 Testing the Waters3 INominate Me4 The Money Primary5 The Staff of Life6 Iowa and New Hampshire7 The Candidates in Wartime8 The Reverend A19 In Which the Candidates Define Themselves10 In Which the Candidates Remain Themselves(Despite All Efforts to Package Them intoSomething Else)11 Visions of the White HouseAcknowledgments