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Below are suggested gifts for people in politics – yourself, your staff, your boss, your clients. Note: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Books:

The Last Line of Defense: How to Beat the Left in Court by Eric Schmitt. Certified NY Times best-seller.

Campaign Missouri 1992 by David A. Leuthold “Scandal, a seemingly endless barrage of negative television commercials, and unusually strong and skillful candidates made the election campaigns of 1992 some of the most exciting in Missouri’s history.” Featuring a young Chuck Hatfield, John Hancock, Jay Nixon, David Steelman, Kit Bond, and many others

Cinder Girl: Growing Up on America’s Fringe by Holly Rehder From Amazon: “Growing up on welfare, food stamps, and Greyhound buses, Holly Thompson Rehder quit school at fifteen to help take care of her mother and younger sister after a devastating car accident … but unlike others who wind up mired in a lifetime of poverty, dysfunction, and despair, Holly used her resourcefulness, faith, and sheer stubborn American grit to fight her way out of the gutter.”

Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks by John Combest Mean tweets getting under your skin? Learn how to release your desire for social media approval, control and security and free yourself from the weight of lowlife stalkers, harassers and trolls.

Any Given Tuesday: A Political Love Story by Lis Smith The former top Claire McCaskill strategist reveals raw truths about her time in St. Louis, how to successfully and gracefully alpha-widow inadequate men, her relationship with Eliot Spitzer and ensuing paparazzi fallout, and McCaskill’s d*ck joke about a Missouri GOP consultant

Creepers and Copers: Ranking Your Male Admirers for Safety, Fun and (Maybe) Friendship by John Combest Dear women: Does that one big-roller donor creep you out? What about the lobbyist texting you from the hotel bar at 11 p.m. asking to “get to know you better?” Can you use these men strategically as Stepstools, or are they certified Creepers? This book teaches you a simple dual-axis mental model to reliably assess and properly manage every type of male admirer in your life.