Author Description

Political Campaign Playbook delves into a captivating exploration of the American political landscape, detailing its author’s life’s work inside politics and government by providing readers with the industry’s most valued and guarded information in terms of operating, successful political campaigns, and getting elected to public office. Its author, David Roberts, is a long time, political campaign operative, former government, bureaucrat, entrepreneur, historian, and activist. Roberts pulls from two decades of experience, working in democratic politics for high profile Candidates and Campaigns, including President Barack Obama‘s 2008 campaign, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee DCCC, United States Senator Blanche Lincoln, Congressman Mark Critz, Governor Brad Henry, and Governor Mike Beebe, just to name a few. Roberts idealism emphasizes the unique and transformative impact one individual's vote can have. The book compellingly conveys the importance of transcending animosity, adhere to moral principles and governing based upon better policy instead of political expediency. The book empowers its readers to get involved and help make our world a better place. Within its pages, Roberts engages in thought-provoking discussions on multifaceted aspects of politics. Notably, Roberts cautions those interested in running for office in his introductory paragraphs. He reminds us that your life will be fundamentally altered the moment you place yourself in that arena. Political Campaign Playbook exposes and details the full range of tactics, ethical and otherwise, that can be employed to reach electoral success. Inside the book Roberts provides useful exercises and papers meant to assist candidates and campaign operatives with planning the entirety of their campaign from calculating the necessary vote totals, and win numbers, down to messaging, advertising, and the use of political attacks as strategy. Political Campaign Playbo