摘要
Hard Ball by Chris Matthews is a great book offering fascinating anecdotes of various people seeking political power： their ambitions, the brutality of politics and their skillful maneuverings of political schemes. This essay utilizes a hypothetical scenario, how to get ele,：ted to local school boards, to illustrate how politics is played at the local level. I chose this scenario is because all politics are local and school board can influence schools, teachers and students on a daily basis.
