NO EXCUSES Confessions of a Serial Campaigner

Bob Shrum is a consummate Washington insider. From humble beginnings he became a preeminent Democratic strategist. This is the story of his life as a speechwriter, campaigner, and liberal Democrat. Michael Prichard delivers Shrum's crisp style and, with a chairman-of-the-board delivery, recaps the Democratic campaigns of the last quarter-century. Prichard is a master of the unvoiced narration. Try not to believe this man when he speaks. In a few places, when tempted by voices like Ted Kennedy's, listeners can detect some subtle effort to mimic the real voice. Even in these instances, Prichard's power of voice makes the mimicry appropriate. M.C. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine [Published: FEB/ MAR 08]