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people off. The Democratic problem is to make sure they haven’t let the far left take them into a ditch. The person who can figure that out—the party that can figure this out the best is going to own the twenty-first century.”

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful to Jonathan Martin of POLITICO for his contributions of reporting, insight, and joie de vivre. We are also appreciative of Byron Tau and all the other hardworking POLITICOs for their kind help on this project. At Random House, Benjamin Steinberg has been invaluable.

APPENDIX

Rick Perry’s Schedule

A presidential campaign plans the contours of the candidate’s schedule months ahead. A former staffer provided these preliminary “block calendars” for the first three full months of Rick Perry’s campaign, covering everything haircuts to Hanukkah:

October 2011

Saturday 1st FL [First Lady] in CA

11:00 AM TAMU [Texas A&M University] vs. Arkansas—Arlington

8:00 AM Economic Forum—Hampton, NH

9:00 AM Political Meetings—Hampton, NH

10:05 AM Meeting and Green and Political Meeting—Atkinson, NH

12:15 PM WMUR Interview—Manchester

12:35 PM Chilifest—Manchester

1:30 PM House Party and Political Meeting—Manchester

9:00 PM Dr. Appointment

Sunday 2nd FL in CA

Hold

Monday 3rd FL in CA

8:35 AM Flu Shot

9:00 AM Haircut

10:45 AM Policy Briefing

1:45 PM Policy Briefing

Tuesday 4th FL in CA

10:30 AM Finance Meeting—Los Angeles

11:30 AM Finance Event—Los Angeles

1:25 PM Meet and Greet—Santa Monica

3:30 PM Juliette Huddy Interview—Healdsburg

3:45 PM Finance Meeting—Healdsburg

4:00 PM Finance Event—Healdsburg

6:30 PM Finance Event—Fairfield

Ron Los Angeles

Wednesday 5th FL in CA

11:15 AM Finance Meeting—Los Angeles

12:00 PM Finance Lunch—Beverly Hills

2:00 PM Wiesenthal Tour—Los Angeles

4:25 PM Newsweek Interview—Los Angeles

5:15 PM Finance Diner—Thousand Oaks

Thursday 6th 12:00 PM Finance Lunch—Ovilla

2:00 PM Finance Meetings—Midlothian

5:15 PM Finance Meeting

5:30 PM Finance Reception

Friday 7th FL on travel

Yom Kippur

12:45 PM VV Ldrs Meeting—DC

1:05 PM Catholic Ldrs Meeting—DC

2:20 PM Values Voters—DC

2:45 PM Sekulow Meeting—DC

6:15 PM GOP BBQ—Tiffin

Ron Iowa City, IA

Saturday 8th Yom Kippur

6:00 PM TAMU vs. Tech—Lubbock

9:00 AM Jobs Roundtable—Sioux City

9:30 AM Woodbury Legislators—Sioux City

10:30 AM Meet and Greet—Sioux City

12:15 Meet and Greet—Orange City

2:15 PM Sen Johnson Meeting—Spencer

Sunday 9th Weisie Steen’s Birthday

Hold

Monday 10th Columbus Day

2:30 PM Policy Briefing

7:00 PM FL TeleTownhall

Ron Hanover, NH

Tuesday 11th FL

ALL EVENTS IN HANOVER, NH

TBD PM Radio Call-Ins

TBD PM Tech Walkthrough

8:00 PM WaPo [Washington Post]/Bloomberg Debate

TBD PM Debate Watch Party

Ron Hanover, NH

Wednesday 12th FL on travel

10:55 AM Finance Meeting—Indianapolis

11:30 AM Finance Lunch—Indianapolis

1:00 PM Chancellor Meeting—Indianapolis

2:00 PM INGOP Presidential Forum—Indianapolis

5:00 PM Finance Meeting—Chicago

5:30 PM Finance Dinner—Chicago

Ron Carpentersville

Thursday 13th FL on travel

8:30 AM Finance Breakfast—Carpentersville, IL

12:00 Finance Lunch—St. Louis

Ron Pittsburgh

Friday 14th 11:30 AM Jobs/Energy Speech—Pittsburgh

Interviews—Pittsburgh

5:30 PM Pat Grassley FR—Waterloo, IA

Ron Waterloo, IA

Saturday 15th FL on travel

2:30 PM Baylor vs. TAMU—College Station

Sarah Williamson and Blake Wedding—Fort Worth

TBD Debate Prep

TBD Business Roundtable—TBD, IA

Sunday 16th Hold

Ron Las Vegas

Monday 17th FL

TBD Policy Briefing

Ron Las Vegas

Tuesday 18th FL

TBD CNN Debate—Las Vegas

Ron Las Vegas

Wednesday 19th Western Republican Leadership Conference—Las Vegas

11:30 AM Finance Lunch—Las Vegas

5:30 PM Finance Reception—AZ or CO

Thursday 20th FL on travel

4:30 AM Finance