Excerpt from 'The Candidate' - Prologue

7/31/2019 Excerpt from 'The Candidate' - Prologue

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PROLOGUE

Wh hppd o Pd Rudy Gu?

Toughou 2007, Rudy Gu, h om myo o Nw Yok Cy

d h Rpuc d, m y pg h um o So

Joh McC o Azo o Goo Mt Romy o Mchut.

Gu ok pou udg cod o Rpuc, d GOP

d om y go o h couy d y p o h Rpuccoo uhd o do hm.

Rudy Gu wo o popu ccm o h wy h gudd h

Nw Yok Cy gom h 9/11 tck o h Wod d

C. H cm kow d wd Amc myo d w

Time mgz Po o h Y. H pojcd g d dmo,

d ookd pcuy og compd o Pd Gog W. Buh,

who w pdg o wkg coomy d mgy udg,

dog w Iq d Agh.

Gu w dy d mog co d o h choc

o m d h h wh whch h d hm. Nw Yok ymo-

zd Sodom d Gomoh o my gou co, d

xc o my oh. Gu owd h cm , ddg Nw Yok

o phd, uwy-u jump, d pcy h qug po-p who dcdd upo uo opgh, wpd wdhd wh h


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g, d wd o p. Co Rp Dd D (R-CA),

wdy pcd cogm, dod Gu, gug h I h

coud [g d o h qug pop] w kow h c w h w oo.1

Wh Nw Yok hd, h hd od. Gu w h m o

h hou Om Ld tckd his cy. H ddd Nw Yok

poc g y d chg o xc oc o cm. H w

hwk o o d d cuu wo.

Gu od mo h mo cop o h mmo, Leadership.

Adm ockd o h ook gg d dog udc ppuddh co dhp pcppp y, commuc og

, d uoud you wh g pop.2 H md h w

Commm o h Amc pop h cpc o h cmpg,

dud hm y pch, d pomd o kp hm o hm

y dy h O Of c.

Rpuc houghou h couy ppudd M. Accouy.

H w h pc coc o h ck o dm ccouy

ud Gog W. Buh. Rudy w h og Rpuc wh mchd

wh y Dmoc, pcuy h c o-u d ky w,

So Hy Co. H woud o h Rpuc d m d

h py om u.

Wh h du cd, Amc myo, h cdd wh h mo

moy, h po um, d h mo dom, hd wcod o uy: zo dg wo co o $58.8 mo.

Ad wh ou Pd Hy Co?

O Nom 9, 2007, National Journal po o y- pcd

Dmocc Py d oud h So Bck Om w h c-

dd who hd mo upd hmo g worse cdd h

hy hd xpcd. So Co, o h oh hd, w h cdd

who upd hm o g t h xpcd.3

wo dy xp o hough Hy Co w coo,

uocd kdow d h cmpg pd h wy o u,

y puc d.

Ad o Pd Hy Co, d o Pd Rudy

Gu, h w Pd Tom E. Dwy.

Dwy ppd o hd o Hy S. um 1948 h GogGup oppd pog md-Oco o moy. T quy c


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PROLOGUE 3

do o h Chicago Tribune dd oh o w u h u cm

d pu ou x g do wh h mou h-wod hd-

Dwy D um.ody, yo c ou h, h mo ug up Amc

hoy h wo gd cd: h um who G m H o

h Nw D, d h compc, , ocod Dwy who

kw wh h hm.

Why w h o Pd Rudy Gu, Pd Hy Co,

o Pd Tom E. Dwy?

T cu oy o how mo coh Hy um ocm dhg, cm-ug dc toyudgoo mo

g. Dwy w compc o ocod, d much o h

h um d o d w coug, cu, d gd. A

wh Gu d Co 2008, cc p k before h cmpg

wh md h dc.

Ineviable Winners

T wo w y pd co cmpg: h

w wh g d h co d.

T ook xp h dc w hm.

I hd o pdc who w w pd cmpg, whh

o h omo o py o h pdcy . I y, hough,o pdc h xcu h o w g .

Wh pd cdd xp h d, hy gy y

hy w oup, o hy coud g y cog om h p, o

h omo hd wppd up h dom. Gu, Co,

d Dwy ch hd h moy, h dom, d udc.

Somhow, h c, m oou h hy hd chc.

Gu coud w cu h w po-choc Choc wh hug

go. Co coud w cu h w wom, d, d up-

pod o hh c. Ad Dwy w h o h Nw D d

o mch o um popum.

So how dd Gog H. W. Buh, who mgd o w wd

co x d who chmpod h Equ Rgh Amdm,

w? How dd Rod Rg, who d o o h L hh w oo o h Hoywood Dmocc Cu o u hm o


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Cog 1950, d who hd ohg u ch d, w? Ad

how dd Bck Om, Ac Amc wh Ky h d

umd wh moh, w?I y pd co, h h po cmpg y

cdd c u: H c u challenger yg o g h Wh

Hou o h py, incumbentyg o y h Wh Hou, o

successoryg o h Wh Hou o h py pow.

T h cmpg p k mo o: Chg o

h , cum o xpc, d uccoh ough

cmpgo couy. Ech o h d h u-. Ech o o xpc d ogzo chg dug

h cmpg.

Cdd who do udd whch cmpg hy wgg mk

pdc gc mk. Fo xmp, hy mjudg how d wh o

gh. Lk ox, hy og hy cg, h wod o o c m-

gm xp, h wod ccodg o Mk yo. Wh yo w h

g ox h wod, po woud k hm ou h oppo

gy. Ty h gy, yo pd, u hy g h.4

T c tck d c coutck, wh

cdd h y yok uppcu o h cmpg . Bu cou-

tck oy uccd wh cdd kow h u o ggm

y whch h w judgd. Fgug ou how pop w m h gh

mk h dc w h cdd who g kockd ou dh o who pck h up g. Ad h h opc o h ook.

I oud mp . . . u o.

T ophcd poo, oh g d go, who

dod h og cdd, pd pc. Ty o po u-

c wh h u w, cdy wh h uppo, d u

wh h py o ckg op. Ad hy wd o mo o

do.

E h mo ophcd o p h commo mk o

g o h po who m o h h h God-g

o dk chm, popuy, d powu pc. T po-

m wh h h m d g w uuy wog ou whch

qu cdd mu umy h.5

Mo poduc o chg o ho cu pop ooko w o po.6 Eyo hkg ou ug o pd


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PROLOGUE 5

ook h cu pd o how h dd , d whh h c

mu up o h cmpg d u h m gy d cc. T

-c od o d.A oo o, w o ucud y , popud

wh mdg mgc omu o quh m d gh wog

o chg h pomd d. T o mgc omu o

u, u my pop cm o h oh this m d.

Cdd woud t o y xmg o. G Wm

Wmod, commd o h Amc oc Vm, xpd

o po why h hd o d y ook wt y Fch g h dg d h. Ty o, h xpd.7 Ad o dd w.

Lo m much udy h wd, mpc cdd who

w. I h pop who g wh h mo chm, poc gmou,

d moy go o h Wh Hou, h up o pd I yz

h woud cud ho mod o. No o woud h hd o

Pd Rod Rg, Pd Jmmy Co h o h p-

d Buh. Lk mo poduc, w dowpy h ohoc, mpu-

pc o h pd w mm hoc.

My pd g mpo cddo hdgh

wo ou mmo. Rchd M. Nxo o o Joh F. Kdy

1960, h w humd 1962 wh h hw mou um

h p coc og h goo cd mgd o

com ck. C, o-m goo o Gog, d ou hpc h d o Dmocc cdd o h pdcyy wo.

um d o Dwy h mo mou up o h wh c-

uy. Youg, xpcd So Bck Om, ju wo y mod

om h Io Lgu, oumud Hy Co, who hd

wo pd cmpg d wo S cmpg.

Wh you w ou w, B uchm cuod, w you

dd o kow who woud w.8 Ohw, Mch Ky cy

u, wh w mpy o o my pu oucom com

pdd u:

ody, h zd pk o h oqu ph, w d h wdom

o cdd choc o ud y oymou quo om

d who ugd py d dmd hy gog dow whh hp o cp who d o oo commdg p.


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A wk om ow, w pocmg h u h oodd

cumo o d c h Poc .9

A pd cmpg, k my cmpg, wh uchm

cdd wh cg h uodg o mccuo.10 Ty wy

pou. Chm, moy, d po o ough o mk hough

cmpg.

I h udyg d kg p pd co c 1964.

A y co I ud o cdm, g h mo c

cmpg o wh I hd md o mudood. Ey cmpgw g xpc. Wh md o mt dug h cmpg

wy dgd om h pdco o g, po, d cdmc

ch ou wh w supposed o mt.

Whh I w wokg po, g, d pcp, o

cou o wok o mgz, I w o og o h

hyhm o ch ogzo d h coc wh d mog hm.

A I pocd wh I hd d Co 1992 cmpg, I w

dy o h wod o cmpg. T, hg hd ook d

om cdmc c ou puc opo d cz og, I

d ppo o og-odu qu o my ook o h po-

c coomy o u Vm.

Soo I ud om ch p o Vm, how, h

Lwky cd upd d I w dw ck o domc poc,cud o goup o od hd wokg wh h Wh Hou

uof c do.11 (A h m, I w chg h Uy o

Co Whgo C wh my w, Su Shk, w g

h S Dpm.)

A h cd w wdg dow, Ro Squ kd m o h

y-o-h-w do wh h dcd gy o h Go cmpg

2000. A I hd d ou h compx o pc poc wh

Whgo, I gd o y o h cou. Wh h w dgod

wh m cc I p m coug wh h p B Kpp

wh h dopd h md o h cmpg. T g m h

chc o ou h wod o u mgy I hd ppcd,

d mo o h compg cm g ough ou cmpg.

A Squ dd, I w kd o y o d hp dy gmdch d gg o. I compo wh h cmd, commo


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PROLOGUE 7

pupo, d (moy) uppd gom o h 1992 W Room, h

Go cmpg w dyuco, coh, d ow o p d cop

o uy. I od Wh Hou ou o h p como cocd ou pddg h um; Go d dmd o

dc oy ho u h mpod h chc o g t jo

wh Go wo; cmpg pocg h dom o h dm

o dpg gy; og doo o po d ch o ; d

cdd who chgd cc h h o t whou g h

. A w my cuom, I d o wh I hd d om Go

cmpgu I w u o ch cou. Fo mo h dcd Id o mk o h dou cmpg. T ook h u.

A I g o w, I oo zd h h w o dd wh

whch o cmpg. o u go ogy, dd Go dou ogy

o o Gog W. Buh ogy, o dd Buh d Go p?

o w, I hd o ook mo cmpg. o my ohm, h

oodogg, owup, go ch, d u t I hd wh h

McGo, C, Co, d Go cmpg w p o my oh

cmpg. Sowy u uy I zd h h c o chc w

pdc h ock chc o com.

I d wh h um d Dwy ch o cmpg xp-

c comd wh goou ch woud hd w gh o h mo-

xmd cmpg. Fom h dy h Dwy ch I w h

w mo o d. Ad my huch w comd h cccmpg dco dpd o o h choogy oud h m u

o h m oud h cdd. I o zd h Dwy d my o

h op g w , d h um hm y ug h

oo o cumcy g h Rpuc Py, o y g t

cmpg.

T g m codc h h p yzg cmpg w

h gh h chg, cum, d ucco o pyg h

m hd; hy h d opo d d chg.

T x p cm couy o Rog No, pocy-od co-

om Sod, d P H, w-pcd po. Rog,

pcc, chgd m o xp why cmpg gy w ju

dd u choo xc pg. P, co cdmc

wh o o chg, ugd m o dc dy h o cd-d o how h compx o h wod. Dcg ypc dy o


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chg, cum, d ucco hpd m o xp why

pg gy hd o cdd h o copoo.

Sowy d y I zd h wh cuy ppd c-dd d pc gy o up-o-d choogy, o h

g, pchw, o po; wg dpd upo cd-

d y o ho m h c wok wh hm d h my, d

kp hm g d hough h x pd cmpg.

T ook my tmp o xp h cc o pd cm-

pg y xmg h w and h o, h m d d h

g pcu, h upg mk d h pdc mcu. My go o pod w o wh go o d cmpg h mk c-

dd o pd.

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