I got into journalism because I came of age in the '60s. It just seemed one way for me to get things done.

Primary Colors

In January 1996 Klein anonymously publiJoe Kleind the novel Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics based on the 1992 Democratic presidential primary. Klein is also frequently criticized by Bob Somerby a media commentator. Republicans believe the bill can be interpreted that way but Democrats don't.

In April 2006 he publiJoe Kleind Politics Lost a book on what he calls the "pollster-consultant industrial complex". He has also written articles and book reviews for The New Republic The New York Times The Washington Post LIFE and Rolling Stone. Joe Klein (born September 7 1946) is an American journalist and columnist from Washington D.