POLI 2051 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ridicule, Gennifer Flowers
Document Summary
Know the difference between retail and wholesale politics. Know the tactics to appear powerful (sandbagging, lowballing, etc. 1: it"s not who you know; it"s who you get to know. When lbj first came to washington he would go to the bathroom several times a day to be in the same room as a bunch of politicians and makes connections. Retail politics: a politician wins over one person at a time by learning about them specifically. Wholesale politics: studying public life in all its mighty design. The johnson treatment: he would convince you that your concern was the most important thing in the world to him. A politician should give people the sense that he never left town in the first place. Joe kennedy sr. supported fdr for president in return for fdr supporting joe jr. for governor. Find out what the person you want cares about.
