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The few parts of the book that are valuable are those that Reeves researched by putting on his reporter's hat and coming up with fresh news. The most interesting section in Convention is that detailing the full story behind the rumors that Carter had at his disposal during the...
THE BOOK IS a pallid, shortened imitation of Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, 1972, but lacks that book's hard political reporting. That's probably because Jimmy Carter and his staff were pretty unwilling to share what was on their minds with reporters, or at least less willing...
The imaginary incident is pointless and boring, but typical of what Reeves has decided is worth reporting.
Reeves describes this kind of thing with a New Yorker's kind of perverse delight, but after a few stories like that hinterlanders begin to feel both scared and bored. And the other parts of the book that deal with the machinations of Bob Strauss, Democratic National Chairman, or other...
There are very few heroes at Reeves convention, but one of the few is Fritz Efaw. Efaw, a Vietnam war resister, came back to America for the first time in seven years as an alternate delegate for Americans living abroad, only to be slapped with extradition papers from his Oklahoma...