Everyone's faking it. Believe me. Except maybe the judges. Strongly agree that policy work has been separate from campaigning. I've been out of the game, so do

Everyone's faking it. Believe me. Except maybe the judges. Strongly agree that policy work has been separate from campaigning. I've been out of the game, so don't know the current landscape. What's always true is the game continues to change. Improvise, adapt, overcome. Law makers, by necessity, lean on their staff and lobbyists (both the good and bad kind) to navigate policy choices. Any given law maker has a handful of issues that they really care about, for which they are willing to spend political capital. Everything else is in response to public debate. -- I collect books about policy and law making. So much free advice! A really good starting point is Rep. Henry Waxman's The Waxman Report. It'll give you a taste of one person's experience.