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Stephen Elliott does not know what to
think of American voters, this year's desperate and heated
run
for presidency, or the legitimacy of the political system.
He doesn't know whether to love John Kerry or try to love
Howard Dean or try, simply, to get excited about Politics.
But what he does know is that most Americans are as confused,
taxed and broken-hearted as he is.
Looking Forward To It is the chronicle of one ordinary fellow's
skeptical -- and hilarious -- journey through the election
process. It is on the campaign trail that he will meet washed-out
campaign managers, idealistic publicists, corrupt journalists,
world-weary auditorium janitors, recovering drug addicts,
and, of course, politicians. His report documents a journey
into the center of "the thing", our country, where
Americans high and low come together to participate in the
most profound gesture of democracy: the election.
Stephen Elliott is the editor of the anthology
Politically Inspired. He is also the author of four novels,
including What It Means to Love You and Happy
Baby. A contributing
writer for The Believer, the San Francisco Chronicle, Newsday,
The Village Voice, and McSweeney's, Elliott is the Jones
Lecturer at Stanford University and lived, before this year,
in San Francisco.
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