He may be the happiest man in either campaign, happier certainly than, say, Harold Ickes, whose job is to browbeat superdelegates for Mrs. Clinton, or the Googling gnomes in Mr. Obama's opposition research cave.
Republicans said today that Mr. Rove had also worked hard to keep the small army of party pollsters and consultants who are hired by Congressional campaigns happy and connected.
In two-page spreads of old ad campaigns, happy campers appear parked by trout ponds or tropical sands, and in the book's plentiful documentation of the caravans, Airstreams incongruously pass the Great Pyramids or the Tower of Pisa or a crowd of African Pygmies.
On the political front, Mr. Wang began a campaign for "Happy Guangdong," derided by critics as empty sloganeering.
The Gore campaign seemed happy to watch Mr. Bush's struggles from the media sidelines.
I don't know if it will be a voting issue for many, but it can't make the Obama campaign people happy.
But the Markey campaign is happy to leave the impression that the race is closer to prod donors to open their wallets and keep enthusiasm from flagging.
Unfortunately, as Mr. Keegan acknowledges in a coda titled "The War's Aftermath," there have been some unanticipated problems since the campaign's happy ending.
