“This book lacks a certain je ne sais quoi
Some Trillin rhymes are unnecessarily blah.
Maybe the poet’s tired of pols and their game
And so fallen back on lines that are lame.
Still, a weary Trillin is better than none,
So this isn’t a book the reader should shun.”

(lees de recensie in rijmvorm van DOGFIGHT- The 2012 Presidential Campaign in Verse – van Calvin Trillin op de NYT)