San Antonio College Library

"The essays in this volume present original data and analysis describing the world of campaign consultants. The nine chapters examine and analyze: the diversity and complexity of the consulting business and consultants' attitudes about candidates, voters, political parties, the media, ethics, and the need for reform; the impact of consultants on fundraising, strategy, and communications, and the electoral success of consultants in congressional elections,...

The shocking elevation of Steve Bannon to head Trump's flagging presidential campaign on August 17, 2016, hit political Washington like a thunderclap and seemed to signal the meltdown of the Republican Party. Bannon was a bomb-throwing pugilist who'd never run a campaign and was despised by Democrats and Republicans alike. Yet Bannon's hard-edged ethno-nationalism and his elaborate, years-long plot to destroy Hillary Clinton paved the way for Trump's...