{"product_id":"why-not-me-the-inside-story-of-the-making-and-unmaking-of-the-franken-presidency","title":"Why Not Me?: The Inside Story of the Making and Unmaking of the Franken Presidency","description":"\u003cp\u003eUpdated with more on the real race in 2000!  First came Theodore Whites The Making of the President  1960. Then All the Presidents Men. Now the searing chronicle that will forever change the way we view the man and the office...  Why Not Me?  ...chronicles the dramatic rise and dizzying fall of Al Franken  who would become the first Jewish president of the United States. Meet the president as a young man. Witness the Franken campaign in its infancy  as the candidate pledges \"to walk the state of New Hampshire  diagonally and then from side to side.\" Go behind the scenes and meet Team Franken  the candidates brain trust: including brother and deputy campaign manager Otto  a recovering sex addict and alcoholic  and campaign manager Norm Ornstein  the think-tank policy wonk who masterminds the single-issue (ATM fees) campaign. Cheer as Franken stuns the pundits by defeating Al Gore for the Democratic nomination  then is swept into office carrying all fifty states and the District of Columbia.  Then  through excerpts from Bob Woodwards detailed account of the first hundred days  The Void  go inside the Franken White House  which is gripped by crisis from day one. After the highly medicated chief executive exhibits a roller coaster of bipolar behavior  Franken is forced to cooperate with the Joint Congressional Committee on the Presidents Mood Swings. And when the committee releases Frankens personal diaries to the public  his presidency faces its ultimate crisis.  It began on a cold day in January  when Alan Stuart Franken took the oath of office and became the 44th President of the United States. It ended 144 tumultuous days later with the words: \"Boy  am I sorry.\" Here for the first time in paperback is the searing chronicle of Al Frankens journey to the White House--the visionary campaign  the landslide victory  the hookers  the payoffs--told through confessions of key aides  Frankens own diaries  and excerpts from Bob Woodwards book on the first 100 days of the Franken Presidency  entitled The Void.  Witness the campaign in its infancy  as Franken decides to run on a single-issue platform: lower ATM Fees. Follow along as Team Franken canvasses the nation  attacking Al Gore  attacking U.S. banks  attending a couple of prayer breakfasts. Then go inside the Franken White House where for 144 days a President virtually reinvents the office  boldly appointing the first all-Jewish cabinet  then battling a severe case of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. As scandal rocks the Administration  Why Not Me? becomes a tragic American morality tale: of a man who dared to believe that anyone could be president--and paid the price for proving he was right. --\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44984082432053,"sku":"ByrdShop_0385334540","price":59.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780385334549.jpg?v=1770822245","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/why-not-me-the-inside-story-of-the-making-and-unmaking-of-the-franken-presidency","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}