Tag Teaming the Press

"Tag Teaming the Press, James E. Mueller's 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 1960s 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 twenty-first-century politician." "Mueller shows that the Clintons honed that skill through years of interacting with journalists - as campaign workers, as candidates, and as candidates' spouses. He also makes clear that it is the latter category that makes the Clintons unique among American political couples. At various times in their more than thirty years in politics, Bill and Hillary have fulfilled a number of roles for each other in dealing with reporters, including lightning rod, bad cop, good cop, and schmoozer."--Jacket.