Joseph S. Miller is a retired lobbyist living in Washington, D.C. Miller wrote and edited for the Lewiston Morning Tribune, Boise Daily Statesman, Oregon Journal, and Seattle Post-Intelligencer before beginning his career as a media consultant for political campaigns and a lobbyist for a variety of unions and associations.

"'Smiling Joe' Miller's fascinating story is vividly and candidly recounted in his memoir . . . packed full of fascinating political anecdotes as well as public policy discussion. Students of Northwest political history, in particular, won't want to pass up what 'may be the most relevant look at American politics in the last half of the twentieth century that you will ever read.'."

• Foreword / Shelby ScatesPrefaceAcknowledgments1. A Political Junkie2. Something Special - Dick Neuberger3. Maggie and the Tiger4. Frosty5. Prox6. Winning Big7. Revenge in Kentucky8. Hawaiian Odysseys9. A State That Time Forgot10. Outside on the Inside11. The Campaign and Aftermath12. A Lobbyist Is a Lobbyist Is a Lobbyist13. No Vestal Virgin in the Whorehouse14. The Spotted Owl and Other Varmints15. Mike's "Fish Bowl"16. Pirates of Pork17. Strike! Strike! Strike!18. Battle of the "Black Hats"19. The Wicked Wine of the Democratic Process20. ReflectionsA Word about SourcesIndex

Joseph S. Miller is a retired lobbyist living in Washington, D.C. Miller wrote and edited for the Lewiston Morning Tribune, Boise Daily Statesman, Oregon Journal, and Seattle Post-Intelligencer before beginning his career as a media consultant for political campaigns and a lobbyist for a variety of unions and associations.

"'Smiling Joe' Miller's fascinating story is vividly and candidly recounted in his memoir . . . packed full of fascinating political anecdotes as well as public policy discussion. Students of Northwest political history, in particular, won't want to pass up what 'may be the most relevant look at American politics in the last half of the twentieth century that you will ever read.'."

• Foreword / Shelby ScatesPrefaceAcknowledgments1. A Political Junkie2. Something Special - Dick Neuberger3. Maggie and the Tiger4. Frosty5. Prox6. Winning Big7. Revenge in Kentucky8. Hawaiian Odysseys9. A State That Time Forgot10. Outside on the Inside11. The Campaign and Aftermath12. A Lobbyist Is a Lobbyist Is a Lobbyist13. No Vestal Virgin in the Whorehouse14. The Spotted Owl and Other Varmints15. Mike's "Fish Bowl"16. Pirates of Pork17. Strike! Strike! Strike!18. Battle of the "Black Hats"19. The Wicked Wine of the Democratic Process20. ReflectionsA Word about SourcesIndex