The Clintons Are a 21st-Century Machine

In Clinton, Inc., Daniel Halper exposes how Bill and Hillary Clinton went about systematically rebuilding their brand in pursuit of a Hillary Clinton presidency. “Clinton, Inc.” is a great metaphor, but it is perhaps the subtitle of the book that is more resonant today: The Audacious Rebranding of a Political Machine.

I had occasion to study political machines in my new book, A Republic No More: Big Government and the Rise of American Political Corruption. Largely, political machines have ceased to exist. Even thirty years ago, there were still a handful of operations in a few big cities – – Chicago and Pittsburgh, for instance — but those are gone now.