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Chapter One in The
Power Game
Hedrick Smith PBS
Productions
Hedrick Smith
Table
of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I. The Nature of Power
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The
Presidency and the Power Float: Our Rotating Prime Ministers
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The
Power Earthquake of 1974: The Impact of Reform, Money, and Television
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The
Soft Sides of Power: Visibility, Credibility, and Power Surfing
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Porcupine Power: The Politics of Being Prickly
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The Power Loop: Narrow Access vs. Widening the Circle
Part II. The Players and the Playing Field
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Life Inside the Beltway: The Folkways of Washington
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Congress and the Constant Campaign: Survival Politics
and the New Breed
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Pentagon Games: The Politics of Pork and Turf
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The New Lobbying Game: Grass Roots Pressure and PAC
Money
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Shadow Government: The Power of Staff
Part III. The Big Games of Power
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The Agenda Game: Speed, Focus, and Damage Control
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The Image Game: Scripting the Video Presidency
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The Coalition Game: The Heart of Governing
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The Opposition Game: Fighting, Swapping, and Remodeling
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The Foreign Policy Game: Bureaucratic Tribal Warfare
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The Other Foreign policy Game: End Runs and Back
Channels
Part IV. Governing: Why It Doesn't Work Better
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Divided Government: Gridlock and the Blame Game
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Where's the Majority Party?: No Longer the Democrats,
Not Yet the Republicans
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Our Political Discontent: Campaigning vs. Governing
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What Is to Be Done?
Bibliography
Notes
Index
About the Author
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