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Chapter 1: It's Not Who You Know; It's Who You Get to Know
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 he'd 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 O'Neill 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.
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Chapter 1: It's Not Who You Know; It's Who You Get to Know
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 he'd 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 O'Neill 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.
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