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A personal favorite - covers every presidential election from 1960 to 2000 and if often hilariously entertaining (especially 1988).
The tone of the books maintains a fairly strong skepticism but to avoid becoming to dour Gene Healy always manages a thin veil of optimism that some how wit and wisdom will eventually prevail. I prodigiously covered the page edge with Post-It flags in a wide range of colors for future reference. The final chapter ends on a much more critical tone than many Good Reads reviewers give him credit for but for all that Gene Healy isn't nearly as damning as I might like. He sees hope where I cannot, maybe that is a good thing; maybe not. The Articles of Confederation without a unitary executive was the preferred covenant of governance. The Constitution actually contains little that is worth "reforming". Historical narrative of this era (without a POTUS) was disappointingly absent in Mr. Healy's critique.