Contents -- Preface -- The Permanent Campaign and Its Future -- 1 Campaigning and Governing: A Conspectus Hugh Heclo -- 2 The Press and the Permanent Campaign Stephen Hess -- 3 Polling to Campaign and to Govern Karlyn Bowman -- 4 Running Backward: The Congressional Money Chase Anthony Corrado -- 5 The American Presidency: Surviving and Thriving amidst the Permanent Campaign Kathryn Dunn Tenpas -- 6 Congress in the Era of the Permanent Campaign David Brady and Morris Fiorina -- 7 The Never Ending Story: Campaigns without Elections Burdett A. Loomis -- 8 Preparing to Govern in 2001: Lessons from the Clinton Presidency Charles O. Jones -- 9 Conclusion: The Permanent Campaign and the Future of American Democracy Norman J. Ornstein and Thomas E. Mann -- Index -- About the Editors and the Contributors.