My most sincere thanks to Peter Hubbard, Jessica Vestuto, and the amazing team at HarperCollins, who are a joy to work with. Thanks also to the incredible Laurie Liss and her terrific colleagues at Sterling Lord Literistic, who encouraged me at just the right time, and in just the right way.
My gratitude remains endless for my friend and hero Rachel Maddow, who hopefully knows how much I appreciate the incredible generosity she’s shown me over many years. Thanks also to the rest of my MSNBC family, including Cory Gnazzo, Laura Conaway, Will Femia, Matthew Alexander, Lisa Rubin, and Alex Wagner.
I would be lost without the support of my friends, neighbors, and family members. A special thanks to Michael Weitzner, Zoe Poulson, Rob Boston, Alex Woolfson, Bill Simmon, Emily Stoneking, Virginia Simmon, Frederick Buckland, Bill Wolff, and E. J. Dionne for their encouragement.
Finally, and most important, my deepest thanks to my mom, Gini, who caught a few more typos in my early drafts than I’d like to admit, and my wife, Eve, who remembers me saying I only intended to write one book, but who extended bighearted encouragement as I wrote a second.