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Author: Buddy MacKay
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Published: 2010
Total Pages: 296
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA political biography of Kenneth "Buddy" MacKay who served as a Florida legislator, member of Congress, and lieutenant governor to the late Lawton Chiles.
Author: John Dos Passos Coggin
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Published: 2012-11-20
Total Pages: 513
ISBN-13: 9781886104587
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLawton Chiles was one of the most inspirational and influential politicians to come from Florida. His unique campaign style and passion for improving people's lives established a legacy that deserves recognition today. John Dos Passos Coggin conducted more than one hundred interviews with the friends, family, and co-workers of Lawton Chiles to create this definitive biography. Coggin's insightful writing based on extensive research illuminates both the political career and personal life of the fascinating Lawton Chiles. The Florida Historical Society Press is proud to publish this important work.
Author: Bob Graham
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9780916224349
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: George Douth
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Published: 1972
Total Pages: 528
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bill Nelson
Publisher: Krieger Publishing Company
Published: 1988-01-01
Total Pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9780151055562
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Florida Congressman recounts his voyage into space and offers insights into the long-range economic and sociologic impacts of the space program on commerce, research, technology, education, and politics
Author: Senator Bob Graham
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2008-09-11
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 0700616268
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShining much-needed light on areas the 9/11 Commission preferred to keep dark, Intelligence Matters chronicles the efforts of a historic joint House-Senate inquiry to get to the bottom of our intelligence failures on that infamous day in 2001. Originally published in 2004 amid the media circus surrounding The 9/11 Commission Report, it told more than a riveting tale-it also provided an unflinching expos of failure, incompetence, and deceit at the highest levels of our government. The Joint Inquiry, co-chaired by Senator Bob Graham (D-Florida), was the first and arguably most effective government body to investigate the horrendous 2001 attacks. Indeed, it helped compel a reluctant George W. Bush to establish the 9/11 Commission. But while both investigations sharply criticized the failures of our nation's intelligence establishment, only Graham's dared to challenge the Bush administration on a number of troubling points-especially the apparent complicity of Saudi officials in the events of 9/11, the subsequent protection provided by President Bush for a large number of Saudis (including members of the bin Laden family), and the run-up to the Iraq War, which Graham voted against. The original work combined a compelling narrative of 9/11 with an insightful eyewitness chronicle of the Joint Inquiry's investigation, conclusions, and recommendations. Sharply critiquing the failures at the CIA, FBI, and the White House and detailing at least twelve occasions when the 9/11 plot could have been stopped, it concluded with a clear plan for overhauling our intelligence and national security establishment. For this paperback edition, Graham has added a substantial new preface and postscript that lucidly examine how effectively the nation has responded-or failed to respond-to the Joint Inquiry's recommendations. This edition restores Intelligence Matters to its rightful place as one of the key texts on the subject of 9/11 and provides a grim reminder of the challenges that remain for us in the war on terror.
Author: Ed Gillespie
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2007-09-11
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 1416525637
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIf Washington politics is Hardball, Ed Gillespie shows how the game is really played! With a fresh, new insider's perspective, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee draws from lessons learned in more than twenty years of campaign strategy and national policy debate -- most especially from his role at the heart of the historic and groundbreaking 2004 presidential election -- to reveal how the game of politics is played on its highest level. In a frank and engaging narrative, he looks inside the George W. Bush presidency and beyond, to discuss such topics as - A political code of ethics and playing by the rules - Successes and failures in campaign planning and execution - The role of old and new media - The battle for the Supreme Court - Hot-button issues - The future of the GOP -- and how to win right in 2008.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Thad Kousser
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012-09-17
Total Pages: 301
ISBN-13: 1139576933
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith limited authority over state lawmaking, but ultimate responsibility for the performance of government, how effective are governors in moving their programs through the legislature? This book advances a new theory about what makes chief executives most successful and explores this theory through original data. Thad Kousser and Justin H. Phillips argue that negotiations over the budget, on the one hand, and policy bills on the other are driven by fundamentally different dynamics. They capture these dynamics in models informed by interviews with gubernatorial advisors, cabinet members, press secretaries and governors themselves. Through a series of novel empirical analyses and rich case studies, the authors demonstrate that governors can be powerful actors in the lawmaking process, but that what they're bargaining over – the budget or policy – shapes both how they play the game and how often they can win it.
Author: Peter Dunbar
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2019-10-03
Total Pages: 379
ISBN-13: 0813065194
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDespite Florida’s current reputation as a swing state, there was a time when its Republicans were the underdogs against a Democratic powerhouse. This book tells the story of how the Republican Party of Florida became the influential force it is today. Republicans briefly came to power in Florida after the Civil War but were called “carpetbaggers” and “scalawags” by residents who resented pro-Union leadership. They were so unpopular that they didn’t earn official party status in the state until 1928. Peter Dunbar and Mike Haridopolos show how, due largely to a population boom in the state and a schism in the Democratic Party, Republicans slowly started to see their ranks swell. This book chronicles the paths that led to a Republican majority in both the state Senate and House in the second half of the twentieth century and highlights successful campaigns of Florida Republicans for national positions. It explores the platforms and impact of Republican governors from Claude Kirk to Ron DeSantis. It also looks at how a robust two-party system opened up political opportunities for women and minorities and how Republicans affected pressing issues such as public education, environmental preservation, and criminal justice. As the Sunshine State enters its third decade under GOP control and partisan tensions continue to mount across the country, this book provides a timely history of the modern political era in Florida and a careful analysis of challenges the Republican Party faces in a state situated at the epicenter of the nation’s politics.
