Author name:
Ellen Nakashima,
Washington Post,
David Von Drehle,
Joel Achenbach,
Mike Allen,
Dan Balz,
Jo Becker,
David Broder,
Ceci Connolly,
Claudia Deane,
Helen Dewar,
Thomas B. Edsall,
Juliet Eilperin,
James V. Grimaldi,
Robert G. Kaiser,
Dan Keating,
Howard Kurtz,
Charles Lane,
George Lardner Jr.,
John Mintz,
Dana Milbank,
Sue Anne Pressley,
Lois Romano,
Susan Schmidt,
Slevin, Peter
Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 324.9730929
EAN num: 9781586480806
ISBN number: 1586480804
Label: PublicAffairs
Manufacturer: PublicAffairs
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 256
Printing Date: 2001-03
Publishing house: PublicAffairs
Release Date: March 06, 2001
Sale Popularity Level: 521241
Studio: PublicAffairs
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Product Description:
The Washington Post, America's premier newspaper for politics and elections, has been in the forefront of the post-election coverage, and in this book its award-winning staff provides the very first full-length account of the closest and strangest election in our history -- from the last frantic days of campaigning to the networks' premature election-night projections; from the 'butterfly ballot' to the manual recounts; from the very first legal challenges to the final adjudication. The Post has offered unsurpassed coverage of the events that transfixed the nation and the world, and now its all-star team of reporters has produced a page-turner to rival the best political thrillers. Deadlock is a wholly original work of history-in-the-making, written by David Von Drehle and Ellen Nakashima, two of the paper's most accomplished political writers, drawing on the reporting of over two dozen top reporters and columnists in Washington, Florida, and Texas
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Good comprehensive play by play of the post election fiasco.
PW Vienna VA
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If I could have given DEADLOCK another half-star, I would have. It's a fine, straight-ahead account of the disputed Florida election, and I've got only a couple of negative things to say. For one thing, there are a great number of characters who pop in and out of the book, and I wish the editor would have inserted a Cast of Characters page. And for another thing -- and this is not anybody's fault -- we know, almost four years later, more than the authors did when they wrote this book, almost immediately after the election. As I finished, I wanted to know the results of all those after-the-fact recounts that were conducted by various news organizations. But I'll have to find another source for those (though it's pretty silly to even care, at this point). Overall, a quick and informative read.
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DEADLOCK BY THE WASHINGTON POST IS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS ON THE BUSH/GORE 2000 ELECTION RECOUNT VOTE.
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Two things struck me while reading this book, the very first is that I doubt there is a book out there that is truly balanced and not somewhat biased. The second thing was that Gore really got the shaft, not so much by the recount wars, but by the election official that came up with the Butterfly Ballot. In the history of the USA this decision ranks up there with new Coke and the XFL, what a mistake. As far as the reporting in the book it was not bad for a review of all the articles they had in the paper, but it did not really dig into the particular issues very deeply. I wanted more detail and behind the scenes with both the candidates. I also wanted more details on the court cases; I felt like the sky-high overview of the issues of the cases did not do such an important issue justice.
In reading the book I think a little bit of a democratic bias comes out, just a little, but enough to notice. I also thought it interesting that they had far more details of the Gore group then the Bush camp, it follows the perception that the Post is somewhat liberal in its views. The book is an overview that came out almost 10 minutes after Gore hung up the phone on the second concession call so there are a few more details out now that they did not get in the book. Overall it is a good effort and a readable book, but not the end all be all on the subject.
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I don't care what Repubs say, there was no liberal media bias apparent in this book. They showed both campaigns, warts and all, and let the public form its own opinion. The book was a fantastic behind-the-scenes re-telling of America's most recent Constitutional crisis, one that could have disrupted government for years to come. Of course, recent events have taken peoples' minds off of this contentious election, but this book should be pushed as much as possible so people will never forget that every vote actually does count sometimes.
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