Political Rules of the Road Representatives, Senators and Presidents Share their Rules for Success in Congress, Politics and Life

by Frey, Lou, Jr.; Jewett, Aubrey

• ISBN13: 9780761847731
• ISBN10: 0761847731
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-07-29
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Political Rules of the Road is a collection of informal rules that members of Congress have used to guide their political careers and private lives. Our current and former representatives, senators, governors, cabinet officials, and presidents have valuable advice to offer about how to be successful in Congress, politics, and life. At the request of Lou Frey, 172 political leaders contributed over 500 rules that cover a wide variety of topics: campaigns and elections, congressional service, representation and decision making, political parties and partisanship, media and ethics, politics, policy and life. These rules and anecdotes shed light on how Congress really works and provide a roadmap for how to be successful in politics and in life. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Louis (Lou) Frey, Jr. served as a Republican Congressman from Florida from 1969 to 1979. He is a partner in the law firm of Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor Reed, PA., in Orlando. Florida and founder of the Lou Frey Institute of Politics and Government at the University of Central Florida. Frey is the recipient of the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress 2009 Distinguished Service Award. Past recipients include Gerald Ford, Thomas "Tip" O'Neill, Dick Cheney, Al Gore, Bob Dole, and George Mitchell. Aubrey Jewett is associate professor of political science at the University of Central Florida. He served as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow from 2003 to 2004. He is coauthor of Politics in Florida, 2nd ed. and author of numerous articles and book chapters on American and Florida politics.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
Introduction	p. xi
Campaigns, Elections, Voters, and Constituents	p. 1
Congressional Service, Colleagues, Leadership and Staff	p. 31
Representation, Decision Making, Voting and Legislative Success	p. 55
Political Parties, Partisanship, Interest Groups and Bureaucracy	p. 85
Media, Ethics, Speeches and Public Relations	p. 99
Politicians, Politics, Policy and Life	p. 119
Afterword	p. 143
Contributors	p. 145
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