Tag Teaming the Press: How Bill and Hillary Clinton Work Together to Handle the Media » (New Edition)

Tag Teaming the Press, James Mueller's lively account of the evolution of the press relations of Bill and Hillary Clinton, spans the period that begins with the couple's earliest student political activism in the sixties and continues through Hillary's run for the White House in 2008. Based largely on interviews with the journalists who covered them, the book explains how the most powerful political couple in America learned to handle the media-an indispensable skill for the 21st Century politician.

1 Tag Teaming the Press 1

2 We to They 11

3 He Wants to Please 27

4 She Wants to Control 47

5 Azalea-pink Rage and the Book of Accounts 69

6 Tag Team: Enter the Secret Weapon 85

7 Tag Team: Enter the Rock Star Surrogate 103

8 Knee-jerk Liberal Press or Republican Noise Machine? 123

9 How Could You Prepare for Washington? 147

10 Get Used to It 167

Selected Bibliography 191

Index 197