{"id":613,"date":"2015-11-13T17:45:59","date_gmt":"2015-11-13T22:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chcobb.com\/?page_id=613"},"modified":"2024-06-10T15:33:35","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T19:33:35","slug":"the-candidate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chcobb.com\/?page_id=613","title":{"rendered":"The Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chcobb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Candidate-Front-Cover-for-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-766 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/chcobb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Candidate-Front-Cover-for-web.jpg\" alt=\"Candidate Front Cover for web\" width=\"299\" height=\"474\" \/><\/a>It began as a blog.<br \/>\nIt became a political firestorm.<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">It was never Henry Marshall&#8217;s intention to be a presidential candidate. He was a blogger, a plain-spoken conservative pundit critiquing the system from the outside, not a politician. Until the unthinkable happens and\u00a0 Marshall finds himself recruited as an independent in a competitive three-way race. When he begins receiving big endorsements and rising in the polls the carefully maintained status quo of Washington, D.C. is threatened.<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">And there are some who are not going to let that happen . . . .<\/h3>\n<span class='mb-center maxbutton-9-center'><span class='maxbutton-9-container mb-container'><a class=\"maxbutton-9 maxbutton maxbutton-tc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Candidate-C-H-Cobb\/dp\/0984887555\/ref=pd_sim_d_sccl_2_4\/137-1989189-4328137?pd_rd_w=t7fOL&amp;content-id=amzn1.sym.807772be-f817-4c8d-8a9d-04ee37f7ad33&amp;pf_rd_p=807772be-f817-4c8d-8a9d-04ee37f7ad33&amp;pf_rd_r=S839R14HDKEKZAFMX3W6&amp;pd_rd_wg=MvYe6&amp;pd_rd_r=a747a4ea-956b-4d13-adca-0148628274e1&amp;pd_rd_i=0984887555&amp;psc=1\"><span class='mb-text'>Buy Now!<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Available in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Candidate-C-H-Cobb-ebook\/dp\/B01L831K24\/ref=sr_1_55?crid=3B75E0TZYWDIZ&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.QRDraNWZI9kvAf7fRp_70MCpLPqJhox-xHsSZXBSaC1TVjATg32yMspQFGGvN947T4Ik--qzUfypvRTTC5ZoKcYK2oeJU-UVp5QOTZrU7AR-Cp6ynB3oH3zgJDetMjXD9Owu27v5TxZXZgak-7hcUIcNUXNb9jY0oGd2ubvZ0RxvDFoHBjT3yyb0_8gpY2-yOuDr8a9v_sZuZECHiGfFNAfkblfB9edL_huZDZXHSYA.IeoV6cK4-5qjeC6Os0HknoRB85Z1WNLGk-b80QzJceU&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=THe+Candidate&amp;qid=1718047974&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=the+candidate%2Cstripbooks%2C143&amp;sr=1-55\">print or for Kindle on Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Want to start reading now? Try this excerpt! (<a href=\"http:\/\/chcobb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/The-Candidate-Chapter-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chapter 1<\/a>)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>If you find yourself enjoying the story, please tell a friend! Independent authors depend on word-of-mouth advertising.<\/em><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/chcobb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/washington-dc-capitol-building-buildings-usa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-614\" src=\"http:\/\/chcobb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/washington-dc-capitol-building-buildings-usa.jpg\" alt=\"washington-dc-capitol-building-buildings-usa\" width=\"432\" height=\"272\" \/><\/a>Photograph is in the public domain, and was obtained at<\/em><br \/>\n<em>http:\/\/www.pd4pic.com\/washington-dc-capitol-building-buildings-usa.html<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0It began as a blog. It became a political firestorm. It was never Henry Marshall&#8217;s intention to be a presidential candidate. He was a blogger, a plain-spoken conservative pundit critiquing the system from the outside, not a politician. 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