Mike Allen's Playbook

“You don’t have to do anything else, just read Mike Allen” - Bob Woodward

Here's a great profile from The New York Times on Mike Allen, the creator of the Playbook and arguably one of Politico's best reporters. The piece is a few years old now, but it still captures the drive required to succeed in DC political journalism. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/magazine/25allen-t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

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