In The Best Man, a dark horse candidate for the US presidency faces challenges and scandals including libel charges, sexual blackmail, and a terminal illness. As the election campaign unfolds, the candidate must navigate ruthless politics and play various sides against each other. With the help of an estranged wife, a US senator, and a secretary of state, the candidate tries to secure the presidential nomination through political intrigue and self-sacrifice.
Idealistic 15-year-old Owen gets the chance of a lifetime to be the youth spokesman for U.S. Senate Candidate Lawrence Connor, only to be exploited in a fierce campaign of TV and radio ads, posters, interviews, and speaking engagements in the cut throat media-image-is-all world of American politics.
Four key incidents in the public life of Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), seventh President of the United States.
A politician rises rapidly to fame and fortune and discovers that power corrupts and ultimately becomes the very type of politician he had set out to displace.
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