Continuing on my quest to read everything Michael Lewis has written, this book covers the 1996 presidential campaign. Lewis had never covered a campaign before and was a bit flumoxed by the way things work...or don't work depending on how you look at it. Lewis uses his usual humor and doesn't hide his disbelief at some of the odd comings and goings. He travels with each of the candidates for awhile at least and is most taken by Morry Taylor, a business man who could probably actually straighten some things out. Of course he never had a chance. The favorite thing I learned from this book was about Alan Keyes' campaign that was not well funded. He and the campign staff would checkout of the hotel ahead of some other candidate and tell the hotel that the other candidate would be paying their bills. Brilliant! This book is a hoot and very fun for any political junkie.
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