cknowledgments<br >In the pages that follow， my primary indebtedness to eighteen<br >members of the House of Representatives， their staffs， and their<br >families will become， I hope， amply evident. They know who they<br >are. But， since they are anonymous in the book， they must accept my<br >grateful thanks in anonymity. Among my friends in academia， I wish<br >to acknowledge a special indebtedness to Theodore Anagnoson， John<br >Bibby， John Kingdon， Viktor Hofstetter， and Herbert McClosky. In<br >diverse ways， their help was indispensable in bringing the book to its<br >present condition. Many other colleagues commented constructively<br >on written material at one stage or another of the project. I thank<br > for their help: David W. Brady， Joseph Cooper， Morris Fiorina，<br > Charles Jones， John Kessel， John Manley， Donald Matthews， David<br > Mayhew， Bruce Oppenheimer， Norman Ornstein， Nelson Polsby，<br > Kenneth Prewitt， H. Douglas Price， Austin Ranney， Randall Ripley，<br > David Rohde， Edward Schneier， Kenneth Shepsle， Richard Smith，<br > Sidney Waldman， Aaron Wildavsky， and Raymond Wolfinger. For<br > their assistance I also thank David Bantleon， Joel Beckman， Sandra<br > Bloch， Joanne Doroshow， Larry Fishkin， Nancy Hapeman， Arthur<br > Kreeger， John Levi， Joel Pelcyger， Bruce Pollock， Joyce Rubin， Ken-<br > neth Sankin， Fred Schwartz， Susan Weiner and Jacob Weinstein.<br > My thanks， too， to Paul Montebello and Neil Winfield for enlisting<br > their talents. For their financial support， I am indebted to the Univer-<br > sity of Rochester， The Russell Sage Foundation， The Helen Dwight<br > Reid Foundation， and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foun-<br > dation. From the transcription of my field notes to the typing of the<br > final manuscript， I have relied heavily on the cheerful competence of<br > Janice Brown. My lasting debt is to Nancy， for managing the most<br > difficult constituency with the nicest home style.<br >