Scott Harvath For President
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I have been a big fan of Brad Thor for many years. I have always enjoyed that Mr. Thor is opening the door for sneak peek on modern day events. Think about Snowden, Kill lists to name a few. Have to read it through a second time, just to see what I missed.
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This is probably the best yet of Scot Harvath and the crew.  Fast paced, in depth, well developed characters give you the feeling you're one of the team.  I've read the last 8 of Brad Thor's books, and like the Jack Ryan character of Tom Clancey, I can't get them fast enough, and Brad can't write them fast enough to satisfy me.  I'm about to deploy, and wish I had the next 10 books to take with me.
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It seems like the last election is just over. And we are already handicapping the potential candidates for 2008. Dick Morris is a long time political guy, usually working behind the scenes to get his man elected. For twenty years he was on Bill Clinton's team and now works as an independent consultant. In this book he presents several points worth discussion regardless of his central theme that the race may well be 'Condi vs. Hillary.'

In the American political system a candidate first has to win the nomination of his party. For the Democrats, this means appealing to a base of activists who are far left of the center. This includes people like the Howard Deans of the world. Mr. Morris correctly points out that Hillary's reputation with the base is excellent. At this point there is no one in sight that could prevent her getting the nomination.

After getting the nomination, the Democratic candidate has to move to the center to convince the electorate in general to vote their way. Hillary has clearly been making moves to gain more appeal in the center. And she clearly has an excellent advisor in her husband who managed to pull this off twice.

The situation with the Republicans is exactly the reverse. The base is farther to the right than the general voter. But you have to have this base on your side to get the nomination.

This book can be broken down into several kind of independent sections. Most interesting to me is his analysis of the vote in 2004. The political parties build coalitions of groups on which to concentrate their political messages. Mr. Morris does an excellent job of looking at the groups that voted in 2004. His analysis of the percentages of African Americans, Latinos, women (black and white), and what it would take to get them to shift just a few percentage points from the 2004 percentages is excellent.

I enjoyed his comments about Hillary and Condi specifically, but it's just too early to tell. Maybe his forecast will make more sense after the first few primaries. But there's one point he didn't mention. Americans tend to elect presidents who have been in previous leadership positions. Bush was a governor, a chief executive of a state. Gore and Kerry were senators, not the boss. Americans elect governors, generals, other leaders before they elect senators and secretaries of state.

Oh well, it promises to be a fun political season to watch.
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Enjoyed the book, the second I've read on Mr. Trump.  He is honest, forthcoming, with fresh ideas for this great nation of ours.  We need something done quickly, to protect America.  He will definately be my choice.
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Genius, Scott Goodson has published a timeless piece that can be and should be referred to always. Well, at least until march 5 2017. SCOTT GOODSON FOR PRESIDENT!
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Another great Scot Harvath book.  Easily captures the reader's attention.  Hard to put down.  Consistent with all of the other Brad Thor/Scot Harvath action and thriller books.
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A great memoir to his son written by a first class leader of our country. Joe PLEASE PLEASE run in 2020 and restore integrity to our country's leadership. Joe would want it I'm sure.
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As usual, Brad Thor does not disappoint with this new adventure with Scot Harvath.  I often forget this is not the news about a true event happening today.  Makes you often wonder how much is really going on around us that we are not aware of.
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Nice to see a candidate for president that has a plan for our country. Very well written and detailed.
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Bought this one before Gen. MCMaster became director of the NSA under Trump...Hope he does the same there that he did for the book.  He is a piece of hope for us in the day and age of political corruption.
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In typical Brad Thor fashion, The Last Patriot is an action packed thriller about Scott Harvath. I enjoy this type of action novel and Brad Thor has become one of my favorite authors. Also, it provides a lot of insight into the real state of our nation.
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After the death of my favorite author earlier this summer, Vince Flynn I decided that I would have to seek out a similar author.  I  chose Brad Thor and began reading his Scot Harvath books in order.  Starting with The Lions of Lucerne I am currently reading the ninth of the series, Foreign Influence.  Brad Thor is as close to Vince Flynn as possible.  I am sorry that I only have a few more books in the series and will be hunting for another author in this genre'.  Very well done, Brad.  Looking forward to many, many more.
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Franken for President in 2020! Finally, a man with integrity.
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I voted for the right guy! The MITT bumper is beautiful in spite of him not winning. In a few months America will see they made a colossal mistake by putting Obama the most corrupt politician back in office for the second time.
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This latest Scot Harvath adventure may be his best one yet. intrigue, action and unexpected surprises make this page Turner a must read for every Scot Harvath fan on the planet.
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Great quality product. Excellent representation of our next President.
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Spaymaster is Brad Thor's latest installment in the Scot Harvath franchise. Geopolitical winds are changing and the focus is shifting back to the traditional cold war enemy, Russia (with visions of a return to Soviet era reach) with Europe as the main theater. Scot is flitting all over Europe as a NATO consultant trying to work his way up the food chain of a Russian backed pseudo-terror group creating chaos with random bombings and assassinations of little tactical significance, but suggesting a larger strategic intent. Norway and Sweden get quite a bit of attention as a Russian gambit to retake the Baltic states is coming together. In typical Harvath fashion, his usual winging displays more forethought and insight than most carefully laid plans. At the same, the transition of control of Harvath's parent organization is coming into focus with the Old Man on his last legs.

The tradecraft is pure Harvath with a good mixture of deductive reasoning, complex planning, and pure action. A new player from NATO appears to be a possible future regular. At the same time, there is much rumination by Harvath on his advancing age (contrasted with the declining health of his boss) as well as ample opportunities for his team of juniors to demonstrate their competencies to suggest that Harvath will transition to a new role in future installments. Thor leaves a bit of cliffhanger to set up either a disastrous next start or a breath-taking near miss for his next offering.