Game of Politics

The Game of Politics What is politics? To the average individual, politics may be the practice of government or the managing of public affairs. However, in Christopher Matthew’s Hardball, politics is depicted as much more than something that deals with the government. In fact, politics, as portrayed by Matthews, is simply one big game in which a person adroitly and tactfully and does whatever is necessary to learn and eventually reaches the top, while …showed first 75 words of 416 total…

…showed last 75 words of 416 total…was these alliances, as they accumulated, that allowed Johnson to reach the top as President of the United States. As one can clearly see, the cause of Johnson’s success was his “jeweler’s eye for the other man’s ego.” LBJ told a person what he wanted to hear, for he knew that this was the only way that the “ordinary” Texan could work his way up to the top rung of his ladder.