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Article: Terry McAuliffe, Fundraising C ...
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- The Washington Post
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- October 21, 2005
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Terry McAuliffe, former Democratic National Committee chairman and
fundraiser extraordinaire, is raking in some serious money for
himself: He has signed a seven-figure advance with St. Martin's Press
for his inside look at Democratic politics.
The book -- tentatively titled "Bring It On!" -- is
McAuliffe's exuberant, in-your-face take on 25 years with the
Democrats, starting with Jimmy Carter's failed presidential
reelection campaign and ending as DNC chairman, a position he held
from 2001 until February. The deal was based on a three-page proposal
that launched a bidding war among five publishers for "great, funny,
inside stories that no one else has heard," McAuliffe said yesterday ...