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Falling Up: How a Redneck Helped Invent Political Consulting
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1893008 in Books
- Published on: 2003-04
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 1.37 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 306 pages
Editorial Reviews
From Booklist
Strother, a self-described redneck and political hack, has an interesting tale to tell, which he does in a hail-fellow-well-met tone probably acquired on the campaign trail. His first political bruisings came in notoriously corrupt Louisiana, where he hung out his shingle as a political consultant in the 1960s, before anyone really knew what that meant. Strother winged it, advising both unknowns and A-list candidates, including Gary Hart and Bill Clinton. He is such a raconteur that even the travails of the lesser lights make fascinating reading, but it is when he trots out the big guns--for example, the story about the time Bill Clinton beat up Dick Morris--that readers will sit up and take notice. The last few chapters offer a world-weary assessment of what has gone wrong with political campaigns. This consultant says the blame falls in part on . . . well, consultants, but that mostly it is the candidates (both Clinton and Bush take criticism) who are at fault for placing winning above principle. Somehow he proves it was not always thus. Ilene Cooper
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