Did George manage to get that letter back? In the meantime, I had to check on the other races my office was running. We had new internals on all of them. The majority of them looked good; two were disasters. Pair two less-than-stellar candidates against several million in dark money and victory is going to be elusive. He could be anywhere, the driver of the van. Backfired? Mason asked, as though Burger had taken leave of his senses. Where? Still looking at Stamos, Devine turned and started to walk toward her. Jesus, I said, whos paying them? Yeah. Yes. Exactly, Mason said. Its a physical impossibility to sign your name under such circumstances so that the signature compares with a signature such as is on this piece of paper which you made on the judges desk. Masons voice was level. You didnt say anything to the parking attendant? Yes? Youre not going to get an argument from me on that. Uncle Ken, as Dorsey always referred to him, had also hired a team of hit men who were experts at using automated phone calls — called robocalling — to smear opponents. You could reach thousands and thousands of voters this way in a single day. Robocalling became widely used after George W. Bushs people started the rumor that John McCain, their opponent, just might be the father of an illegitimate black child. The phone calls were particularly effective in the South. Me?.