The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years Reporting in Washington Book

The Plame Affair     1
Political Beginnings     15
Cub Reporter     21
From Omaha to 'Naptown     28
Advice from Ezra Pound     36
Joining the Journal     42
Emperor of the Senate     48
Driving with Kennedy     58
New Frontier     70
LBJ Hosts a Wedding Reception     78
The Odd Couple     93
The Goldwater Revolution     104
The Agony of the GOP     114
The Great Society: In Ascent     123
The Great Society: In Descent     134
Clean Gene, Bobby, and LBJ     151
Realignment 1968     165
Den of Vipers     180
Vietnam     194
The Frustration of Power     201
"Amnesty, Abortion and Acid"     212
Watergate     233
The Ford Interlude     253
Reagan's Rebellion     268
Jimmy Who?     282
The Snopes Clan in the White House     296
Supply-Side and China     314
A Young Congressman from New York     333
The Birth of CNN     345
The Reagan Revolution     359
A Near-DeathExperience     374
The Slowest Realignment in American History     391
"I'll Try Ollie North"     404
The Last Days of Reagan     421
Blowup     437
Believing Their Own Spin     459
Yeltsin Up, Bush Down     480
Clinton = Republican Tsunami     501
"Will Success Spoil Newt Gingrich?"     518
Conversion     539
The Rise of George W. Bush     557
Death of a Partner     570
Attacking Iraq and Attacking Novak     584
The Plame Affair II     597
Farewell to CNN     618
A Stirrer-up of Strife     637
Author's Note     639
Index     641