We're with Nobody: Two Insiders Reveal the Dark Side of American Politics

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We're With Nobody is a thrilling, eye-opening insiders view of a little-known facet of the political campaign process: the multi-million dollar opposition research industry, or oppo as its called. For sixteen years authors Alan Huffman and Michael Rejebian have been digging up dirt on political candidates across the country, from presidential appointees to local school board hopefuls. We're With Nobody is a fascinating, riveting, sometimes funny, sometimes shocking look at the unseen side of political campaigninga remarkable chronicle of a year in the life of two guys on a dedicated hunt to uncover the buried truths that every American voter has a right to know.

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"A bright romp ... A good book for anyone who has wondered how scandalous past behavior makes its way into campaign headlines."--Kirkus Reviews
"This timely book lifts the curtain on political research to find dirt on opponents."--Publishers Weekly
"This book floored me. I could not stop reading about the strange, dark world that helps determine who we elect and who sinks back into the muck. It is phenomenal; for me politics will never be the same."--SEBASTIAN JUNGER, author of War and The Perfect Storm

Author Bio

A partner in the political research firm Huffman & Rejebian, Alan Huffman has been a farmer; newspaper reporter; and aide to a Mississippi attorney general and a Mississippi governor. A contributor to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the New York Times, Smithsonian magazine and other publications, he is the author of Ten Point, Mississippi in Africa and Sultana.