Ebook: Pennsylvania Avenue: profiles in backroom power

I. WASHINGTON WRIT LARGE: Gridlock on America's Main Street -- The fixer: Ken Duberstein -- The businessman: David Rubenstein -- II. WORKING THE SYSTEM: The Democratic strategist: Rahm Emanuel -- The party captains for 2008: Chris Van Hollen and Tom Cole -- The fund-raising phenom: Debbie Wasserman Schultz -- The Republican strategist: Karl Rove -- III. POWER OUTSIDE THE SYSTEM: The advocate: Hilary Rosen -- The social secretary: Lea Berman -- The netroots warrior meets the establishment: Eli Pariser and Kyle McSlarrow -- The lobbyist: Ed Rogers -- The industry man: Billy Tauzin -- IV. ROLES REDEFINED: The policy advisor: Elliott Abrams -- The spinner: Brendan Daly -- The political operators: Jim Jordan and Terry Nelson -- V. CHANGING THE SYSTEM: The new Republicans: Sam Brownback and Pete Wehner -- The new Democrats: Mara Vanderslice and Jim Webb -- The deal-makers: Bernadette Budde and Andy Stern -- The tax m en: Charlie Rangel and Jim McCrery -- The chairmen: Robert Strauss and Ken Mehlman.;A new class of politician and radically different ways of conducting business now exist in Washington. Through stories of party strategists, money men, policy-makers, fixers, socialites, lobbyists, spinners, deal-makers, and more, authors Harwood and Seib explore the great political transformations that have fundamentally altered the relationship between Americans and their government.--From publisher description.