Wacky politics: The People's Choice by Jeff Greenfield

Jeff Greenfield is a newspaper columnist and TV political analyst who took to his typewriter to pen this imaginary but very possible political scenario.  This book was salvaged from a library sale, so the dustjacket is covered in plastic and is stamped with the library's name.  BUT it's in GREAT shape considering it's use!

Synopsis What if the president elected by popular vote dies before the Electoral College can certify his victory? And what if the vice president is a liberal on a conservative ticket, chosen only to unite the party? Jeff Greenfield takes this scenario and runs with it in this novel about a president-elect who is thrown from a horse during a photo op, and his hapless vice president who is hilariously unfit for office.

Publisher's Note What happens if the President-elect of the United States dies before the Electoral College has a chance to officially vote him in? What happens if the Vice President-elect is a man who nobody dreams could be President? What happens if the highest office in the land is suddenly up for grabs--and the most ruthless pols, the smoothest power brokers, the minions of the media, and just plain ordinary citizens get into the wildest act in the three-ring circus of American politics?
You don't have to wonder. Jeff Greenfield has written a novel that does for politics what Catch-22 did for war. Read it and weep--with sidesplitting laughter.
When voters flock to the polls every four years to elect a president, they are choosing electors along party lines who will cast the definitive votes in December. But what if the president elected by the people dies before the Electoral College casts its certifying votes? What if the vice-president is unfit to be president? The People's Choice offers a fictional account of just such an intriguing scenario.

Industry reviews "Greenfield...knows his electoral-college rules. More important, after many years inside campaign politics and many more inside network television, he knows the players and the inner workings of politics and the press. And most important, he can write with biting wit and piercing satire, drawing portraits of people and institutions that are unerring and hilarious."
Washington Post Book World - Norman Ornstein (09/10/1995)

"Well-researched and fast-paced, with three or four smart (and more often smart-mouthed) send-ups on every page, 'The People's Choice' is this year's meanest, funniest, liveliest political novel."
Philadelphia Inquirer - David Walton (09/10/1995)

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