H Will Pasto

Crossing off the Bar H Will Pasto

The President has lost his bid for reelection, but along with the White House, his party has also lost Congress. To compound matters further, much of his signature domestic legislation is working its way through the courts and many pundits and experts believe that most of it will be struck down by the conservative-leaning Supreme Court of the United States. But what if the President was given the opportunity to change the makeup of the court before leaving office? Brad Forrester is the White House Chief of Staff and has been with the President through the man?s rise in power and all the ups and downs of his term in office. He now is left with everything he strove so hard to accomplish being swept away when the new President and Congress are sworn into office in January. Jack Raymond spent the last eighteen months attempting a Herculean task. As the President?s campaign manager, he was expected to get the man reelected, but sometimes the impossible is just that, impossible. What he is left with are the contacts, and he knows all the right shady people. Five justices on the Supreme Court are conservative, and with time fast running out, can these two men arrange to have their seats become vacant before the new Congress is sworn in on January 3? Crossing off the Bar is a fast-paced, short novel that asks the question: What is the worst that can be done to hold on to power.