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A bitter campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination goes all the way to the convention and is stolen by the Senate Majority Leader in a credentials fight. The loser, the moderate California governor, shocks the nation by launching an independent bid for the presidency. The Republican Justice Department opens a criminal investigation into the credentials fight while the GOP candidate, the incumbent vice-president, seems to be coasting to victory in the topsy-turvy three-way presidential race.

But nothing in this race is as it appears.

One of the world's most notorious terrorists plots an attack on America so horrific it will make 9/11 look like a minor event--and in this election year, he knows just how to do it.

The first African-American presidential nominee in U.S. history is hobbled by a conservative revolt led by a politically powerful radio talk show host while a woman vice presidential candidate is haunted by her past.

The lame-duck President plans a military attack against a newly nuclear Iran and secretly pleads with Israel not to strike first.

A sex scandal broken by a gossipy Internet website on the eve of the election sends the campaign into chaos.

The campaign hurtles towards a cliff-hanger finish in which no candidate seems likely to win a majority of the electoral vote. Will the election be thrown into the House of Representatives, where a shrewd and devious Speaker is torn between his voracious ambition and his constitutional duty?

These scenes take place across the globe, from the west wing of the White House and the halls of Congress to a secluded seaside resort in Mexico, a safehouse in Pakistan, a Hollywood film studio, a castle in the British countryside, and a posh island mansion in Bermuda.

Written by a veteran of seven presidential campaigns with a quarter century of experience as a political strategist, Dark Horse sizzles with authenticity and reads truer than non-fiction. Offering a looking-glass into presidential politics on the eve of the 2008 election, Dark Horse contains characters, plot twists, and rare insight relevant to the real-life presidential campaign now underway.