CSPAN2 Book TV December 26, 2011
article we weigh the -- well, i'm not sure how i am supposed to describe bob strauss is in this book there is a whole catalogue of things he did not like to be called. he was not a lobbyist. he was not a fixer. he was not an influence peddler, but i suspect that he would agree and probably take great pleasure in being identified tonight as one of the truly great and iconic figures of american politics during the last chunk of the 20th century. many of you may know bob strauss, work for him, worked against him. many who have known him have probably been cajoled by him, certainly assau...