"My Republican colleagues can try every trick in the book," Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, said last week.
School officials turned to him after trying to book Senator John W. Warner, Republican of Virginia.
In his book "Senator Joseph McCarthy" (1959), Richard Rovere called the senator "the most gifted demagogue ever bred on these shores".
He would call me every week and say, 'Did you read my book?' " Senator Obama understands as well as any politician the power of a well-told story.
AFTER weeks during which a Republican-financed group of Vietnam veterans vilified his war record in a television advertisement, cable talk show appearances and a best-selling book, Senator John Kerry returned fire, calling the group "a front for the Bush campaign" out to do the president's "dirty work".
("I believe that this entire issue is really put together for a few trial attorneys and one guy who's writing a book," Senator Adley told me. "Today you and I have had the pleasure of adding one more chapter to his book"). Barry forced himself not to take notes about his experiences over the last several years to avoid the temptation to write a book.
Imus had on a lot of guests who fit that description, but he had a big audience and a veneer of interest in Washington, so he also occasionally booked senators and serious political commentators — Cokie Roberts, a young David Gregory.
The Alaska Wilderness League, a conservation advocacy group, distributed copies of Banerjee's book to senators who were wavering on the drilling issue.
The results of this year's Senate elections are not even in the books, but senators and political analysts are already looking ahead to 2012, when the Senate math adds up to a daunting prospect for Democrats.
The unnamed critic, Novak revealed in his recently published memoirs — too late for Miroff to include in this book — was Senator Tom Eagleton of Missouri (then supporting McGovern's primary opponent, Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine).
