So You Want To Be President?

by Warner, John

• ISBN13: 9781582975191
• ISBN10: 1582975191
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-04
• Publisher: Tow Books

Summary

Who wouldn't want to be president? Consider the perks: Nice house (rent-free), massive staff (taxpayer-supported), private plane (and helicopter and hovercraft and super-secret modes of transportation the public doesn't even know about), guaranteed television exposure ... it's like being Donald Trump, except with your own hair, and access to nukes.

Table of Contents

Introduction: So You Want to Be President?	p. 1
This Height or Taller to Run: Are You Qualified to Be President?	p. 8
But are you Really Qualified?: How Much Baggage Are You Carrying?	p. 14
Elephant, Donkey, or Some Kind of Elephonkey?: Your Place on the Political Spectrum	p. 17
Are you Really Sure you want to be President?: Plowing Past the Fail-Safe Point	p. 28
The Primaries	p. 32
Announcing your Candidacy: Meeting Tim Russert	p. 34
Money-Money-Money-Money ... Money!: You and Your Campaign Coffers	p. 46
Friend or Foe?: You and Your Special Interest Groups	p. 54
Shameless Pandering is Not a Factor for You: Appealing to the Primary Voter	p. 56
Shaking Babies and Kissing Hands, or is it the Other Way Around?: The Primary States	p. 67
General Election	p. 80
Time out for Some fun: You and Your Campaign Slogan	p. 82
[Insert Your Name Here] for President: You and Your Logo	p. 86
Pleased to Meet You ... and You ... and You: You and Your Handshake	p. 90
Shit You Should Probably Know: Part 1: The Constitution	p. 98
I Now Declare You Running Mates: Choosing Your Vice President	p. 101
They Like You ... They Really, Really Like You!: You and Your Nominating Convention	p. 108
I Can Name That Blowhard in Three ... No, Two Phrases: You and the Media Personalities	p. 112
The Dirt of Your Enemy is Your Victory Soap: You and Opposition Research	p. 119
You Didn't do All That Yourself, Did You?: You Are Not a Crook (But Your Cronies Should Be)	p. 123
Shit You Should Probably Know, Part II: The Concerns of Everyday People Who Are Nothing Like You	p. 124
Polling, Polling, Polling ... Keep Those Surveys Rolling: Public Opinion Polling	p. 129
Dodge, Bob, and Weave: The Third Rails of Politics	p. 137
Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word: Cleaning Up Your Mistakes	p. 143
One Nation Under God: You and Religion	p. 147
Shit You Should Know, Part III.: Foreign Relations	p. 151
Go Negative or go Home: You and Your Last, Best Hope	p. 157
Election Day	p. 167
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