Review Of Hardball By Chris Matthews

George Washington Plunkitt was a historically significant politician born in 1842 into a poor family. He initially worked as a butcher, but then followed his dream of entering into politics. He started at the New York state assembly and ultimately ended up as a New York state senator. He held the reins of the Tammany Hall political machine for over 40 years. Tammany Hall is one of the most controversial topics of political history and is the main discussion of the book Honest Graft:

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin is a historical novel that focuses on Lincoln’s most radical decision: to choose a cabinet of all of his rivals. The book goes in depth about the lives and careers of Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of Treasury; William H. Seward, Secretary of State; Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War; and Edward Bates, Attorney General. This 900-page journey telling of how these five rivals worked together is a riveting one and provides a new perspective on a story told thousands of times.

Dick Morris’s the New Prince, is an informative book on Dick Morris’s view of political public leaders, support groups and voters. The book can appeal to both republican and democrats as his main focus thought the book. He gives information on how to run a better government and become better political leaders by adjusting to better policies, outlooks and approaches. In the book Morris describes how a wide variety of political ideas have evolved over time. The book is more of a guide book no how to be successful in any area of politics if you use the right techniques.

Without a party system to depend on, like politicians now, individual members of Congress depended on their own reputations for political leverage. William Maclay wrote his diary as a “deliberately crafted political tool” (18). Relatively unknown outside of Pennsylvania, Maclay was a nobody on the national stage and knew it. Maclay understood how important his personal reputation was and purposefully wrote for self preservation. The strongest example Freeman chose to portray the importance of reputation was her selection of Maclay’s description of speeches in Congress.

It also says, “ By this time, Lincoln is overdue at the War Department. He also Has a cabinet meeting scheduled in just over an hour,” which means he had and still has a ton of work to do from the war ending. If he decided not to go or to bring more security then he could have lived and maybe changed our world for better or for worse. How was Lincoln’s last cabinet meeting a good example of his leadership skills and style? Lincoln’s last cabinet meeting was a good example of his leadership skills and style because he showed how he could take charge, discuss, and make good decisions, while still being a good friend and leader.

Under Mayhew’s criterion for a successful political career, it is easy to argue that Representative Long has fulfilled the criterion and has led a successful career. Constituents directly influence many of the political actions members of Congress make because they are the ones who possess the power of the vote, not the representative himself. As observed his television advertisement was a tool utilized by Long to reach a larger audience and for voters to be able to associate a face with the name, “Billy Long.” By enacting and sponsoring certain pieces of legislation, Representative Long was successful in claiming credit and taking a strong position to rally support around his campaign and platform. All of these moves attributed to the multiple reelections of Representative Long.

In his book, Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination That Changed America Forever, Bill O’Reilly attempts to explore, in depth, the events leading up to and immediately after the assassination of President Lincoln. As a Television show host, questions arise as to O’Reilly’s qualifications to write such a book. To make up for the insight that he might lack, O’Reilly co-authors the book with Martin Dugard who, having written numerous non-fiction books prior to this one including The Last Voyage of Columbus and Into Africa: The Epic Adventures of Stanley & Livingstone, gives the book the qualifications it needs to be credible. In Part One, O’Reilly chronicles the final days of the Civil War as well as Lincoln and Boothe’s movements as the

Ever since the creation of Congress, it has not been uncommon to hear or see negative criticisms about it. Congress has evolved from when it was created, but the role it plays has not changed. Even though there are many criticisms about the ways on how Congress is run, the system is an important and essential part of the United States government. Integral it may be, but today, many people find it difficult to answer the questions of how Congress works, what it does, and why it exists. In Lee Hamilton’s How Congress Works and Why you Should Care, the author shows what Congress actually does do and how it affects the American people every single day.

The book Hardball by Chris Matthews gives deep insight about politics. Throughout the book Chris explains different strategies or concepts used in politics, also know as political maxims. He explains how they are used, how they work, and he gives historical evidence showcasing each political maxim. There are many quotes in Hardball taken from history that are used to explain and demonstrate different political maxims. This is a quote used in the book coming from previous president Jimmy Carter.

The esteem of Congress is very low these days. In Chapter 6 of Principles and Practice of American Politics, Smith and Binder talk about many of the issues facing Congress. Congress has many issues including partisanship and deadlock that, in recent years, have been steadily on the rise. Congress gives off a bad vibe with scandals and ugly campaigns. Many of it’s struggles come from the fact that the two parties can never seem to get along.

I’m writing about Abraham Lincoln, the man that made the decision to fight to prevent the nation from splitting apart, the president during the civil war which preserved the united states as one union, and the man that ended slavery. Abraham’s father, Thomas Lincoln, and grandfather, Abraham Lincoln, were born in Rockingham, Virginia. Abraham’s ancestors came from Berks county, Pennsylvania. His family came here only 17 years after the pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. One of his ancestors, Samuel Lincoln, founded the Lincoln family in America.

This twenty-three paged chapter discusses the use and importance of retail politics and the man responsible Lyndon B. Johnson. According to pg 26, “...I would come to appreciate how Johnson’s mastery of person-to-person dealings, what professionals refer to as retail politics...” Retail politics is defined to be Johnson’s ways of personal interactions with his fellow colleagues during one-on-one occurrences. This was deemed important because of it’s undeniable success rate at getting followers and favors from distinct politicians, this was also for LBJ the ticket into the House of Senate. To understand the cloakroom significance we must first look at the main question: What is a cloakroom?

In “Fly the Partisan Skies”(2004), David Brooks satirizes the differences and stereotypes of both political parties in the United States that divides the country and causing them not to communicate with each other any more in their narrow-minded behavior. Brooks pontificates about the tendency of Liberals to act out of emotions and demand equality, in contrast to conservatives that blindly pledge themselves to their values by stereotyping the two political parties in the metaphor of airlines (Liberal Air, Right Wing Express), and juxtaposing their beliefs- Liberals ( “Your Grievances Are Our Grievances.”) and the Conservatives (“How can I help you help yourself?”). Throughout the piece, Brooks ironically and sarcastically mocks both Conservatives

The presidential election in 2016 has definitely been one to remember. A woman won a nomination and Donald Trump became the presidential nominee for the United States of America. Chris Matthews, who is a political commentator, wrote a book titled Hardball: How Politics is Played Told by One Who Knows the Game. This book lists several maxims, or rule of conduct, that he believes politicians use the most. A few of them seem obvious, like positioning or keeping your enemies in front of you.

Undoubtedly politics is “the study of influence and the influential”, there is most certainly truth in Harold D.Lasswell’s definition of politics. Throughout the course of this essay the study of politics will be examined in relation to Laswell’s definition. Furthermore the concept of government and how people influence government action will be looked at. In Lasswell’s book “Politics, Who Gets What, When and How” he clearly outlines the “influential are those who get the most of what there is to get”, in his opinion politics was primarily to do with power and influence. Lasswell’s definition of politics has been in the past supported by prominent political scientists such as Abraham Kaplan and Robert A. Dahl, both men believe the study of politics is largely to do with the use of influence by those who find themselves in influential positions.