The Ghost In The White House

The White House is haunted by a vague helpless abstraction 'by a kind of ghost of the nation called The People...,Excerpt: 'No one has ever nominated a President in a book before. I do it because a book can be more quiet, more sensible and thoughtful, more direct and human, and closer to the hearts of the people, than a convention can. A book can be more public too—can be attended by more people ...