Too Close to Call: The Thirty-Six-Day Battle to Decide the 2000 Election
by Jeffrey Toobin
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From the best-selling author of A Vast Conspiracy and The Run of His Life comes Too Close to Call--the definitive story of the Bush-Gore presidential recount. A political and legal analyst of unparalleled journalistic skill, Jeffrey Toobin is the ideal writer to distill the events of the thirty-six anxiety-filled days that culminated in one of the most stunning Supreme Court decisions in history. Packed with news-making disclosures and written with the drive of a legal thriller, Too Close to show more Call takes us inside James Baker's private jet, through the locked gates to Al Gore's mansion, behind the covered-up windows of Katherine Harris's office, and even into the secret conference room of the United States Supreme Court. As the scene shifts from Washington to Austin and into the remote corners of the enduringly strange Sunshine State, Toobin's book will transform what you thought you knew about the most extraordinary political drama in American history. The Florida recount unfolded in a kaleidoscopic maze of bizarre concepts (chads, pregnant and otherwise), unfamiliar people in critically important positions (the Florida Supreme Court), and familiar people in surprising new places (the Miami relatives of Elián González, in a previously undisclosed role in this melodrama). With the rich characterization that is his trademark, Toobin portrays the prominent strategists who masterminded the campaigns--the Daleys and the Roves--and also the lesser-known but influential players who pulled the strings, as well as the judges and justices whose decisions determined the final outcome. Toobin gives both camps a treatment they have not yet received--remarkably evenhanded, nonpartisan, and entirely new. The post-election period posed a challenge to even the most zealous news junkie: how to keep up with what was happening and sort out the important from the trivial. Jeffrey Toobin has now done this--and then some. With clarity, insight, humor, and a deep understanding of the law, he deconstructs the events, the players, and the often Byzantine intricacies of our judicial system. A remarkable account of one of the most significant periods in our country's history, Too Close to Call is endlessly surprising, frequently poignant, and wholly addictive. show lessTags
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Jeffrey Toobin has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1993 and is also the legal analyst for ABC News. He received his A.B. from Harvard College and is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School. Toobin lives in New York City with his wife and two children. (Publisher Provided) Jeffrey Toobin was born in New York City in 1960. In show more 1982, he graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in classics, and earned a Truman Scholarship. In 1986, he graduated from Harvard Law School magna cum laude with a J.D. Toobin is the bestselling author of The Nine, Too Close to Call, A Vast Conspiracy, The Run of His Life and American Heiress. He is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the senior legal analyst at CNN. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Too Close to Call: The Thirty-Six-Day Battle to Decide the 2000 Election
- Original publication date
- 2001 (1st edition) (1st edition)
- People/Characters
- George W. Bush; Al Gore
- Important places
- Florida, USA; United States Supreme Court, Washington, D.C., USA; Florida Supreme Court, Florida, USA
- Important events
- United States presidential election (2000); Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000); Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board, 531 U.S. 70 (2000); Palm Beach County Canvassing Board v. Harris (2000, Florida Supreme Court); Gore v. Harris (2000, Florida Supreme Court)
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- Genres
- Politics and Government, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, History
- DDC/MDS
- 324.973 — Society, government, & culture Political science Politics & Elections Biography And History North America United States
- LCC
- E889 .T66 — History of the United States United States Later twentieth century, 1961-2000 Clinton's administrations, 1993-2001
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
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