When Hillary Clinton spoke of a “vast right-wing conspiracy” determined to bring down the president, many people laughed.  In fact, though there has never been a single tightly organized group of conspirators, the authors show that beginning in 1989, Lee Atwater set into motion a chain of attacks and slanders that inevitably led to the near destruction of the Clintons.  In the tradition of All the President’s Men, two veteran journalists show where the money came from, how the attacks were organized and how the supposedly neutral or “liberal” journalists were seduced in their desire for a “scoop,” even when the charges were ludicrous.
     A New York Times bestseller, The Hunting of the President broke new ground in investigative journalism.  It is a timeless book with critical lessons about the extremes the right-wing will go to in order to stay in power and destroy any Democrat willing to challenge them.