"Joel and Erik are my favorite kind of journalists. They ask tough questions of politicians and policymakers--people who don't always want to answer such--and they remember the factual details. This book ought to be read by every citizen and the aspiring leaders who ask for their votes."
--Keel Hunt, author of Coup: The Day the Democrats Ousted Their Governor, Put Republican Lamar Alexander in Office Early, and Stopped a Pardon Scandal
"Joel Ebert and Erik Schelzig are uniquely qualified to write authoritatively on many of the Tennessee political scandals in the book because they either reported on the events in real-time or subsequently covered the players involved in them. A riveting examination."
--Adam C. Kleinheider, former journalist and Tennessee Senate communications director
"Political scandal is as endemic to Tennessee as the Grand Ole Opry. In this rollicking account, Joel Ebert and Erik Schelzig unwind squalid tales of larceny in high places that will make you howl."
--David Axelrod, former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama