Contents
Foreword Mike Lawrence
Introduction: Personal and Public Perceptions
1. The No and Yes of Politics
2. It’s a Deal
3. The Power Structure Has Changed: All Politics Is (Not)Local (Anymore)
4. Will You Be Our Candidate?
5. It’s a Play, and You Are the Lead Actor
6. Politics Is a Team Sport
7. Yes Is Always the Right Answer
8. What Do I Know about That?
9. There Ought to Be a Law
10. Make the Rules, Win the Game
11. You Always Know When the Governor Is Serious
12. Lead Me Not into Temptation
13. Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven; Nobody Wants to Die
14. Not in My Backyard
15. Summoning the Better Angels of Our Nature
16. The World Is Run by Those Who Show Up
17. Reflections Going Forward
Bibliographic Essay
Index