For more than forty years, Jack Germond enjoyed an extraordinary career in political reporting. With his trademark no-nonsense style and tremendous wit in abundance, "Fat Man in a Middle Seat" remembers the personalities that dominated national politics during Germond s career: Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey, Eugene McCarthy, George McGovern, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. Germond writes about the real stuff of politics and captures the details of the reporter s life on the road the off-the-record briefings and strategy sessions, countless late nights in bars, and overcrowded...