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Good politicians get to know a lot of politicians. Lyndon Johnson would take four showers a day and brush his teeth over and over again so he would be in the same room with a bunch of politicians and he could talk to them briefly and make good connections. Lyndon Johnson also hired a man who would later turn corrupt named Bobby Baker who answered phones for the White House cloak room (a cloak room is like the break room for politicians.) With Bobby Baker, Johnson was able to know the inner workings of politics. Ronald Reagan also worked very hard to have good relationships in politics although he talked about Washington as if hed never visited the place. Lyndon Johnson used a specific method to get to know important people called retail politic. In retail politics, a politician wins over one person at a time by learning about them specifically. Unlike LBJ and Reagan, Jimmy Carter lacked the charsima to win over people. Then Speaker of the House Tip ONeill asked for seats to the inauguration ceremony, Carter offered him seats in the back of the hall; this incident hurt his support from the Speaker for many years. The author ends this chapter by explaining that he himself got to his position by networking with many important people.
and would appreciate the invitation. People dont mind being used, and actually prefer it because they want to be involved, they just dont like being taken for granted. Ed Kennedy would actually stat at supporters houses, the idea being how can you vote against someone who slept on your couch? Its good to let people do you favors because its as if theyre betting on you. Once they start doing stuff for you its in their interest that you win otherwise all their favors went to waste. Also, its much more difficult to criticize someone whom youre advising and helping because their mistakes are seen as partially your fault.
When Nelson Mandela was made prime minister of South America, he didnt hold a grudge that he had been imprisoned but rather worked past it. Francis Sulliven is an example of someone who was stuck on one bad break for eight years and was determined in ruining his opponents career.
fighting the communist government of Nicaragua. No one liked it, but when he admitted and agreed with them that the rebels they were helping were killing innocents he got them to support him and he got to help the rebels anyway. Yield to a mans tastes, and he will yield to your interests.-Edward Bulwer Lytton, 1835.