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My Life Among Democrats: Presidents, Candidates, Donors, Activists, Alligators and Other Wild Animals
Thomas Dunne Books
February 2007
On Sale: January 23, 2007
416 pages
ISBN: 0312357877
EAN: 9780312357870
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Political
For more than twenty-five years, Terry McAuliffe has
been at the epicenter of American politics. Just out of
Catholic University in Washington, Terry took a position
with the Carter-Mondale campaign and quickly became one of
the campaign’s chief fund-raisers—and hasn’t looked back
since. The list of Terry´s former mentors, friends, and
close associates in the nation’s capital reads like a who’s
who of legendary Democrats: Tip O’Neill. Jimmy Carter. Dick
Gephardt. Bill Clinton. Hillary Clinton. Al Gore. The list
goes on and on. Terry has fought hard for the Democratic
Party his entire life and, as Bill Clinton reveals here for
the first time, he was the first one in the party to see
opportunity in the Republican gains in the 1994
Congressional elections.
Without question the most successful fund-raiser in
political history, Terry established himself as a
heavyweight Democratic strategist and leader who was George
W. Bush´s most vocal and persistent critic during the first
four years of the Bush 43 presidency. He earned rave reviews
even from former critics for his groundbreaking work as
chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2001 to
2005, pulling the DNC out of debt for the first time in its
history. Terry has served as a confidant and adviser to
President Clinton and countless presidential candidates, a
mediator among party leaders, the chairman of a national
convention and presidential inaugural, and a forceful
spokesman for the party—all without losing his reputation as
a colorful, fun-loving character liked and respected even by
his Republican adversaries.
What a Party! is a fascinating, hilarious, and
provocative look at the life of one of Washington’s
legendary figures. From wrestling an alligator to running
the Democratic National Committee to his friendship with
President Clinton, Terry McAuliffe’s wonderful memoir covers
it all and is, without doubt, the political book of the year.
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